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Kelley, M.L. (2004). Assessment of Children’s Behavior in the School Setting. In: Kelley, M.L., Noell, G.H., Reitman, D. (eds) Practitioner’s Guide to Empirically Based Measures of School Behavior. AABT Clinical Assessment Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47934-6_2

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