Effects of Training and Feedback on Teachers’ Use of Classroom Preventive Practices

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 112-123

  Artman Meeker, Kathleen M ^a   Hemmeter, Mary Louise ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

challenging behavior; feedback; professional development; technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879777306     PISSN: 02711214     EISSN: 15384845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0271121412447115     Document Type: Article

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