Teaching young children to discriminate abusive from nonabusive situations using multiple exemplars in a modified discrete trial teaching format

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 55-69

  Boyle, Cynthia L ^a,b,c   Lutzker, John R ^a,c,d  

^a American Jewish University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Child personal safety; Child sexual abuse; Discrete trial training; Prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744368720     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-005-3169-4     Document Type: Article

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