Emergence of tacts following mand training in young children with autism

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 691-696

  Egan, Claire E ^a   Barnes Holmes, Dermot ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Antecedent control; Autism; Functional independence; Language; Mand; Tact

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REINFORCEMENT; SPEECH REHABILITATION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION OF MENTALLY RETARDED; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; VOICE TRAINING;

EID: 77952526298     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-691     Document Type: Article

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