Sustaining school-based individualized positive behavior support: Perceived barriers and enablers

Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 161-176

  Bambara, Linda M ^a   Nonnemacher, Stacy ^b   Kern, Lee ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pennsylvania's Department of Public Welfare   (United States)

Author keywords

Individualized positive behavior support; Qualitative research; School teams; Sustainability; Systems change; Tertiary interventions

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649559942     PISSN: 10983007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098300708330878     Document Type: Article

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