Effectiveness of DRO tokens in decreasing disruptive behavior in the classroom with five multiply handicapped children

Behavioral Interventions

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 65-75

  Didden, Robert ^a   De Moor, Jan ^a   Bruyns, Wendy ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; REINFORCEMENT; SCHOOL; THERAPY;

EID: 0030953598     PISSN: 10720847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-078x(199704)12:2<65::aid-bin168>3.0.co;2-3     Document Type: Article

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