Decreasing self-injurious behavior in a student with autism and tourette syndrome through positive attention and extinction

Child and Family Behavior Therapy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 144-156

  Banda, Devender R ^a   McAfee, James K ^b   Hart, Stephanie L ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Extinction; Positive attention; Self injurious behavior; Tourette syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449567280     PISSN: 07317107     EISSN: 1545228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07317100902910604     Document Type: Article

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