Use of a token economy to eliminate excessive inappropriate social behavior in an adult with developmental disabilities

Behavioral Interventions

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 135-143

  LeBlanc, Linda A ^a   Hagopian, Louis P ^b   Maglieri, Kristen A ^c  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CONVERSATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; REINFORCEMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034112686     PISSN: 10720847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-078X(200004/06)15:2<135::AID-BIN51>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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