Increasing verbal behavior of a student who is selectively mute

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 248-255

  Beare, Paul ^a,c   Torgerson, Colleen ^a   Creviston, Cindy ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Valley City Public Schools   (United States)

^c MS ED1   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional behavioral disorder; Multiple baseline; Mutism; Positive reinforcement; Selectively mute

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349120529     PISSN: 10634266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1063426608317356     Document Type: Article

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