Establishing discriminative control of responding using functional and alternative reinforcers during functional communication training

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 543-560

  Fisher, Wayne W ^a   Kuhn, David E ^b   Thompson, Rachel H ^b  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Autism; Developmental disabilities; Discriminative stimulus; Functional analysis; Functional communication training; Reinforcer substitutability; Stimulus control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REINFORCEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0032240260     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.1998.31-543     Document Type: Article

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