High-probability request sequences and young children: Enhancing compliance

Child and Family Behavior Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 17-29

  Banda, Devender R ^a   Neisworth, John T ^a   Lee, David L ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral momentum; High probability requests; Interspersed requests; Noncompliance; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041529963     PISSN: 07317107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J019v25n02_02     Document Type: Article

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