Impact of presession access to toys maintaining challenging behavior on functional communication training: A single case study

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 515-521

  Davis, Tonya N ^a   O'Reilly, Mark F ^b   Kang, Soyeon ^b   Rispoli, Mandy ^c   Lang, Russell B ^d   Machalicek, Wendy ^e   Chan, Jeffrey M ^f   Lancioni, Giulio ^g   Sigafoos, Jeff ^h  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^h VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Challenging behavior; Developmental disability; Functional communication training; Motivating operations

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449100970     PISSN: 1056263X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10882-009-9158-4     Document Type: Article

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