Practical application of functional behavioral assessment in schools

Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 201-211

  Knoster, Timothy P ^a,b  

^a Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional behavior; Intervention; Problem behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749116776     PISSN: 07491425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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