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A Review of The Tough Kid On-Task in a Box

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Pirsig, S.J., Houlihan, D.D. A Review of The Tough Kid On-Task in a Box. Behav Analysis Practice 9, 409–412 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-016-0104-5

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