Enhancing early communication through infant sign training

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-23

  Thompson, Rachel H ^a   Cotnoir Bichelman, Nicole M ^a   Mckerchar, Paige M ^a   Tate, Trista L ^a   Dancho, Kelly A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication training; Delay; Extinction; Infants; Modeling; Physical prompting; Reinforcement; Sign language

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DOWN SYNDROME; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; SIGN LANGUAGE;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMMUNICATION; DOWN SYNDROME; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SIGN LANGUAGE;

EID: 34347269591     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2007.23-06     Document Type: Article

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