Identifying reinforcers in skill acquisition studies involving participants with autism: Procedures reported from 2005 to 2009

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 388-391

  Weeden, Marc ^a   Poling, Alan ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Developmental disabilities; Functional skills training; Reinforcer assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SKILL; STIMULUS;

EID: 77957359666     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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