Foundation for the Development and Use of Direct Behavior Rating (DBR) to Assess and Evaluate Student Behavior

Assessment for Effective Intervention

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 201-213

  Christ, Theodore J ^a   Riley Tillman, T Chris ^b   Chafouleas, Sandra M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; behavior; progress monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990328225     PISSN: 15345084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534508409340390     Document Type: Article

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