Recent advances in the assessment of aberrant behavior maintained by automatic reinforcement in individuals with developmental disabilities

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 137-154

  LeBlanc, Linda A ^a   Patel, Meeta R ^b   Carr, James E ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic reinforcement; Developmental disabilities; Functional assessment; Noncontingent reinforcement; Pica; Preference assessment; Sensory extinction; Stereotypy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; PICA; REINFORCEMENT; STEREOTYPY; STIMULUS;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033731131     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7916(00)00017-3     Document Type: Article

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