Functional Communication Training: A Contemporary Behavior Analytic Intervention for Problem Behaviors

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 110-119

  Durand, V Mark ^a   Merges, Eileen ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 84992804266     PISSN: 10883576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108835760101600207     Document Type: Article

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