A review of interventions to reduce challenging behavior in school settings for students with autism spectrum disorders

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 229-246

  Machalicek, Wendy ^a   O'Reilly, Mark F ^a   Beretvas, Natasha ^a   Sigafoos, Jeff ^b   Lancioni, Guilio E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Challenging behavior; Schools

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD CARE; DATA BASE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SELF CARE; STUDENT; TEACHING;

EID: 34249103631     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2006.10.005     Document Type: Review

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