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1grid.257310.2000000012151907XIllinois State University, Normal, IL USA.
Behavior Analysis in Practice
|October 6, 2016
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Some disagreement exists over whether Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) embodies the features of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) as described in a classic 1968 paper by Baer, Wolf, and Risley. When it comes to disseminating interventions at a societal level, a more compelling issue is whether ABA should become more like PBIS.
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