Enhancing the effectiveness of a play intervention by abolishing the reinforcing value of stereotypy: A pilot study

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 889-894

  Lang, Russell ^a   O'Reilly, Mark ^a   Sigafoos, Jeff ^b   Lancioni, Giulio E ^c   Machalicek, Wendy ^d   Rispoli, Mandy ^a   White, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abolishing operation; Autism; Motivating operation; Play; Stereotypy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954985596     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-889     Document Type: Article

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