Measuring school-wide positive behavior support implementation: Development and validation of the benchmarks of quality

Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 203-213

  Cohen, Rachel ^a,b   Kincaid, Don ^a   Childs, Karen Elfner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 35248852542     PISSN: 10983007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10983007070090040301     Document Type: Article

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