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Direct Assessment of Clients’ Instructional Needs

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Noell, G.H. (2004). Direct Assessment of Clients’ Instructional Needs. 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_5

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