Helping young children follow their teachers' directions: The utility of high probability command sequences in pre-k and kindergarten classrooms

Education and Treatment of Children

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 222-236

  Austin, Jennifer L ^a,c   Agar, Graydon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Northwest Behavioral Associates in Seattle   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral momentum; Class room management; Compliance; High probability command sequence; Stimulus control

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750720946     PISSN: 07488491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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