The behavioral treatment of an 11-year-old girl with autism and aggressive behaviors

Clinical Case Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 313-326

  Matson, Johnny L ^a   LoVullo, Santino V ^a   Boisjoli, Jessica A ^a   Gonzalez, Melissa L ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Autism; Compliance training; DRO; Evidence based; Extinction; Functional communication training; Treatment; Visual schedules

Indexed keywords

ARIPIPRAZOLE; CLONIDINE; DEXMETHYLPHENIDATE; ESCITALOPRAM; LAMOTRIGINE; QUETIAPINE;

AGGRESSION; ANAMNESIS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; REVIEW; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 46149095483     PISSN: 15346501     EISSN: 15523802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534650107312243     Document Type: Review

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