Reinforcer identification and evaluation of choice within an educational setting

Journal of Behavioral Education

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 333-341

  Mintz, Charna ^a,d   Wallace, Michele D ^b   Najdowski, Adel C ^c   Atcheson, Katy ^a,e   Bosch, Amanda ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Center for Autism and Related Disorders   (United States)

^d Institute for Children with Autism   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice; Preference; Reinforcer assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648996009     PISSN: 10530819     EISSN: 15733513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10864-007-9045-y     Document Type: Article

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