Functional assessment and treatment of sleeping problems with developmentally disabled children: Six case studies

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-97

  Didden, Robert ^a   Curfs, Leopold M G ^b   Sikkema, Simone P E ^b   Moor, Jan De ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Desensitization; Developmentally disabled child; Epilepsy; Extinction; Sleeping problems

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; REINFORCEMENT; SEIZURE; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER;

ANTICONVULSANTS; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EPILEPSY; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 0031804345     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7916(97)00038-4     Document Type: Article

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