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@article{Walker2017ManifestationDD, title={Manifestation Determination Decisions and Students With Emotional/Behavioral Disorders}, author={Jennifer D. Walker and Frederick J. Brigham}, journal={Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders}, year={2017}, volume={25}, pages={107 - 118}, url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:147533294}}
  • Jennifer D. Walker, Frederick J. Brigham
  • Published 1 June 2017
  • Psychology, Education
  • Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

Overall, participants found the manifestation determination process to be an effective way to discuss student behavior, but special and general educators approached the determination process differently.

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