Functional behavior assessment in classroom settings: Scaling down to scale up

Intervention in School and Clinic

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-94

  Scott, Terrance M ^a   Alter, Peter J ^a   McQuillan, Kathleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b Fairfax County Public Schools in Fairfax   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior; classroom; functional assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049308045     PISSN: 10534512     EISSN: 15384810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1053451210374986     Document Type: Article

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