Barriers to implementing treatment integrity procedures in school psychology research: Survey of treatment outcome researchers

Assessment for Effective Intervention

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 195-202

  Sanetti, Lisa M Hagermoser ^a   Digennaro Reed, Florence D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

barriers; procedural fidelity; procedural reliability; treatment integrity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871800708     PISSN: 15345084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534508411432466     Document Type: Article

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