Identifying instructional tasks that occasion problem behaviors and assessing the effects of student versus teacher choice among these tasks

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 299-312

  Vaughn, Bobbie J ^a,b   Horner, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice; Functional assessment; Problem behavior

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; TEACHING;

CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 0031155553     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.1997.30-299     Document Type: Article

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