Applied Behavior Analysis Treatment of Autism: The State of the Art

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 821-834

  Foxx, Richard M ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS; ASSOCIATION; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITION; COMPETENCE; ECLECTICISM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; REWARD; SKILL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TEACHING; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50449098299     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2008.06.007     Document Type: Review

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