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This research was supported by the New England Center for Children and is based on the thesis completed by Julie McKay in partial fulfillment of requirements for a Master of Science degree from Northeastern University.

Special thanks to Shawn Kenyon for his contributions. This manuscript is dedicated to Myrna Libby and all the meaningful research she contributed to the field of applied behavior analysis. This project was a product of her previous research on prompting and her ideas to improve teaching skills to individuals with intellectual disabilities.

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    Julie A. McKay, Julie S. Weiss, Chata A. Dickson & William H. Ahearn

  2. Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA

    Julie A. McKay, Julie S. Weiss, Chata A. Dickson & William H. Ahearn

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McKay, J.A., Weiss, J.S., Dickson, C.A. et al. Comparison of Prompting Hierarchies on the Acquisition of Leisure and Vocational Skills. Behav Analysis Practice 7, 91–102 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-014-0022-3

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