Whole System Design (WSD): The Shifting Focus of Attention and the Threshold Challenge

The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 305-326

  Levine, Larry ^a   Mohr, Bernard J ^a  

^a The Synapse Group

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EID: 84990353990     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886398343005     Document Type: Article

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