Function-based planning for young children at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders

Education and Treatment of Children

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 537-559

  Nahgahgwon, Kari N ^a   Umbreit, John ^a   Liaupsin, Carl J ^a   Turton, Amina M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Challenging behavior; Children at risk; Function based intervention; Functional behavioral assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049408259     PISSN: 07488491     EISSN: 19348924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/etc.2010.0005     Document Type: Article

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