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Problem Solving and Response to Intervention

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The practice of school consultation today is quite different from that of the 1990s. Why is that the case? How has school consultation changed? It is the goal of this chapter to explore these complex questions.

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  1. Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7650, USA

    William P. Erchul

  2. Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 13244-2340, USA

    Brian K. Martens

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Erchul, W.P., Martens, B.K. (2010). Problem Solving and Response to Intervention. In: School Consultation. Issues in Clinical Child Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5747-4_2

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