The effects of delayed physical prompts and reinforcement on infant sign language acquisition

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 379-383

  Thompson, Rachel H ^a   McKerchar, Paige M ^a   Dancho, Kelly A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication training; Delay; Infants; Noncontingent reinforcement; Physical prompting; Sign language

Indexed keywords

EID: 7044228041     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2004.37-379     Document Type: Article

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