Increasing the on-task homework behavior of youth with behavior disorders using functional behavioral assessment

Behavior Modification

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 840-859

  Hawkins, Renee O ^a   Axelrod, Michael I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b Girls and Boys Town   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior problems; Contingency management; Functional behavioral assessment; Homework behavior

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; RESEARCH; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); RESEARCH; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOKEN ECONOMY;

EID: 53149095802     PISSN: 01454455     EISSN: 15524167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145445508318846     Document Type: Article

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