Validity of office discipline referral measures as indices of school-wide behavioral status and effects of school-wide behavioral interventions

Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 131-147

  Irvin, Larry K ^a   Tobin, Tary J ^a   Sprague, Jeffrey R ^a,b   Sugai, George ^a   Vincent, Claudia G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b University of Oregon ^*

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EID: 3042810202     PISSN: 10983007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10983007040060030201     Document Type: Review

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