I'm One Person, I Can't Be Everywhere: Challenges and Needs of Bilingual Behavior Analysts

Overview

Journal Behav Anal Pract

Specialty Psychiatry

Date 2024 Oct 11

PMID 39391186

Authors

Melanie R Martin Loya

Hedda Meadan

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Abstract

Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40617-024-00916-2.

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