Longitudinal mentoring with school-based positive behavioral support teams: Influences on staff and learner behavior

Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-130

  Johnson, LeAnne ^a   Reichle, Joe ^a   Monn, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mentoring; Positive behavior support; Practice based evidence; Procedural fidelity; School based teams

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING;

EID: 70849119142     PISSN: 17489539     EISSN: 17489547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17489530903182152     Document Type: Article

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