Response to intervention for young children with extremely challenging behaviors: What it might look like

School Psychology Review

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 568-582

  Barnett, David W ^a   Elliott, Neely ^b   Wolsing, Laurie ^b   Bunger, Carrie Elizabeth ^a   Haski, Heidi ^a   McKissick, Chele ^a   Vander Meer, Carolyn D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b Northern Kentucky Head Start ^*  (United States)

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EID: 33846479417     PISSN: 02796015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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