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"chapterPreamble": "\tThe Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP) presented in this Guide and the accompanying Protocol is based on B.F. Skinner\u2019s Verbal Behavior (1957), a landmark analysis in the study of language. Skinner\u2019s book provides a comprehensible and sensible approach to language that is derived from the solid empirical foundation of learning principles, and has stood the test of time (Andresen, 1990; Schlinger, 2008). In addition to Skinner\u2019s study of language, his groundbreaking work in behavioral psychology and learning led to the professional field known as applied behavior analysis (Cooper, Heron, & Heward, 2007; Morris, Smith, & Altus, 2005; Skinner, 1953).\n\n\t...",
"chapterShortTitle": "Introduction",
"chapterTitle": "A Behavioral Approach to Language Assessment"
}
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