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A Review of Radical Behaviorism for ABA Practitioners by James M. Johnston

Johnson, J. M.: Radical Behaviorism for ABA Practitioners Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY: Sloan Educational Publishing, 2013, 240 pp., (ISBN-13: 978-1597380430)

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Thompson, T. A Review of Radical Behaviorism for ABA Practitioners by James M. Johnston. Psychol Rec 64, 133–138 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-014-0017-z

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