A Schoolwide Model for Service Delivery: Redefining Special Educators as Interventionists

Remedial and Special Education

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-23

  Simonsen, Brandi ^a   Shaw, Stan F ^a   Faggella Luby, Michael ^a   Sugai, George ^a   Coyne, Michael D ^a   Rhein, Barbara ^a   Madaus, Joseph W ^a   Alfano, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

early intervention; positive behavior support; prereferral intervention; responsiveness to intervention; whole school intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993710009     PISSN: 07419325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741932508324396     Document Type: Article

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