Evaluating the relative effects of feedback and contingent money for staff training of stimulus preference assessments

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-77

  Roscoe, Eileen M ^a,d   Fisher, Wayne W ^b,c,e   Glover, Ashley C ^a   Volkert, Valerie M ^a  

^a Marcus Institute   (United States)

^b Marcus and Kennedy Krieger Institutes   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^e NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral skills training; Feedback; Organizational behavior management; Preference assessments; Staff training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; TEACHING;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ECONOMICS; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; TEACHING;

EID: 33746929136     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2006.7-05     Document Type: Article

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