S5E6: A Practitioner’s Guide for Selecting Functional Communication Responses Elizabeth (Bethjoy) Houck and Joseph Dracobly

Elizabeth Houck and Joseph Dracobly join us to talk about their paper, A Practitioner’s Guide for Selecting Functional Communication Responses

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      • Link to Article
        • A Practitioner’s Guide for Selecting Functional Communication Responses | SpringerLink
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Houck, E. J., Dracobly, J. D., & Baak, S. A. (2022). A practitioner's guide for selecting functional communication responses. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 16(1), 65–75. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-022-00705-9

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