Increasing activity attendance and engagement in individuals with dementia using descriptive prompts

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 273-277

  Brenske, Shasta ^a   Rudrud, Eric H ^a   Schulze, Kimberly A ^a   Rapp, John T ^a  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attendance; Dementia; Descriptive prompts; Engagement; Stimulus control

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEISURE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSING HOMES; REINFORCEMENT, VERBAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 46049115260     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2008.41-273     Document Type: Article

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