Behavioural treatment of urinary incontinence and encopresis in children with learning disabilities: Transfer of stimulus control

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 276-279

  Smith, Linda ^a   Smith, Paul ^c   Lee, Susan Kwok Yi ^b  

^a TYNE AND WEAR NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; OBSESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SCHOOL CHILD; STIMULUS; URINE INCONTINENCE;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; ENCOPRESIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; TOILET TRAINING; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); TREATMENT FAILURE; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0034106298     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162200000475     Document Type: Article

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