A review of research on procedures for teaching safety skills to persons with developmental disabilities

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 985-994

  Dixon, Dennis R ^a   Bergstrom, Ryan ^a   Smith, Marlena N ^a   Tarbox, Jonathan ^a  

^a Center for Autism and Related Disorders   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident prevention; Crossing street; Safety skills

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMERGENCY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; ROLE PLAYING; SKILL; TRAINING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CRIME; CRIME VICTIM; EDUCATION OF INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED; FEMALE; FIRE; LEARNING; MALE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SEXUAL CRIME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CRIME; CRIME VICTIMS; EDUCATION OF INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FIRES; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SEX OFFENSES; TOKEN ECONOMY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77953351360     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.03.007     Document Type: Review

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