Assessing and treating vocal stereotypy in children with autism

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 263-275

  Ahearn, William H ^a,c   Clark, Kathy M ^a   MacDonald, Rebecca P F ^a   Chung, Bo In ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Automatic reinforcement; Response interruption; Vocal stereotypy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PHONATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; REINFORCEMENT; STEREOTYPY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONATION; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34547693050     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2007.30-06     Document Type: Article

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