Case study: The effects of response interruption, DRO and positive reinforcement on the reduction of hand-mouthing behavior

Behavioral Interventions

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 163-170

  McEntee, Julie E ^a   Parker, Elizabeth H ^b   Brown, Michael B ^c   Poulson, Ronald L ^a,c  

^a HOLLINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CASE REPORT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; REINFORCEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029956631     PISSN: 10720847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-078X(199607)11:3<163::AID-BRT155>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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