Effects of continuous and intermittent reinforcement for problem behavior during functional communication training

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-179

  Worsdell, April S ^b   Iwata, Brian A ^a   Hanley, Gregory P ^b   Thompson, Rachel H ^b   Kahng, Sung Woo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aggression; Extinction; Functional analysis; Functional communication training; Intermittent reinforcement; Self injurious behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; TEACHING; TIME;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; COMMUNICATION; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034199381     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2000.33-167     Document Type: Article

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