Functional assessment in a residential setting: Identifying an effective communicative replacement response for aggressive behavior

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 353-369

  Bailey, Judith ^b   McComas, Jennifer J ^a   Benavides, Christian ^b   Lovascz, Chrissy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aggression; Functional assessment; Functional communication training; Response effort; Severe handicaps

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036393320     PISSN: 1056263X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020382819146     Document Type: Article

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