The effects of competing reinforcement schedules on the acquisition of functional communication

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-63

  Kelley, Michael E ^b   Lerman, Dorothea C ^a   Van Camp, Carole M ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Developmental disabilities; Extinction; Functional analysis; Functional communication training; Intermittent reinforcement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 0036511902     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2002.35-59     Document Type: Article

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