Functional analysis of challenging behavior in children with autism spectrum disorders: A summary of 10 cases

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  O'Reilly, Mark ^a   Rispoli, Mandy ^b   Davis, Tonya ^c   Machalicek, Wendy ^d   Lang, Russell ^e   Sigafoos, Jeff ^f   Kang, Soyeon ^a   Lancioni, Giulio ^g   Green, Vanessa ^f   Didden, Robert ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^h RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Challenging behavior; Functional analysis

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 70449526289     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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