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PBIS May Not Qualify as Classical Applied Behavior Analysis. So What?

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Some disagreement exists over whether Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) embodies the features of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) as described in a classic 1968 paper by Baer, Wolf, and Risley. When it comes to disseminating interventions at a societal level, a more compelling issue is whether ABA should become more like PBIS.

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Critchfield, T.S. PBIS May Not Qualify as Classical Applied Behavior Analysis. So What?. Behav Analysis Practice 8, 99–100 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-015-0048-1

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