The use of self-monitoring to reduce off-task behavior and cross-correlation examination of weekends and absences as an antecedent to off-task behavior

Child and Family Behavior Therapy

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 29-48

  Crawley, Sarah High ^a,b   Lynch, Patricia ^a,b   Vannest, Kimberly ^a,b  

^a Spring ISD   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Male age six; Mental retardation; Off task behavior; Self monitoring; Single subject design

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746627270     PISSN: 07317107     EISSN: 1545228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J019v28n02_03     Document Type: Article

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