Employing Descriptive Functional Assessment Methods to Assess Low-Rate, High-Intensity Behaviors: A Case Example

Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 146-156

  Radford, Pamela M ^a   Ervin, Ruth A ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84990329992     PISSN: 10983007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10983007020040030301     Document Type: Article

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