Discrepancy in functional analysis results across two settings: Implications for intervention design

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 393-397

  Lang, Russell ^c   O'Reilly, Mark ^a   Lancioni, Giulio ^c   Rispoli, Mandy ^c   Machalicek, Wendy ^c   Chan, Jeffrey M ^c   Langthorne, Paul ^b   Franco, Jesse ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Autism; Criterion settings; Functional analysis; Intervention design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 75549084593     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-393     Document Type: Article

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