Utility of extinction-induced response variability for the selection of mands

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-24

  Grow, Laura L ^a   Kelley, Michael E ^a,b   Roane, Henry S ^a   Shillingsburg, M Alice ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinaion; Functional analysis; Functional communication training; Manding

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; GESTURE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIALIZATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; GESTURES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SOCIALIZATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 42349090276     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2008.41-15     Document Type: Article

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