Early contingency learning and child and teacher concomitant social-emotional behavior

International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-14

  Raab, Melinda ^a   Dunst, Carl J ^a   Wilson, Linda L ^b   Parkey, Cindy ^c  

^a Orelena Hawks Puckett Institute   (United States)

^b Burke County Public Schools   (United States)

^c Infant/Toddler Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning games; Operant behavior; Response contingent stimulation; Social emotional behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957759041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13085581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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