Shaping approach responses as intervention for specific phobia in a child with autism

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 445-448

  Ricciardi, Joseph N ^a   Luiselli, James K ^b   Camare, Marianne ^c  

^a Hampstead Hospital   (United States)

^b May Institute   (United States)

^c William James College   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Changing criterion design; Contact desensitization; Specific phobia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33947199925     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2006.158-05     Document Type: Article

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