Increasing response diversity in children with autism

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 265-271

  Napolitano, Deborah A ^a   Smith, Tristram ^a   Zarcone, Jennifer R ^a   Goodkin, Karen ^a   McAdam, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Behavioral variability; Lag reinforcement; Response variability; Stereotypy; Stimulus variability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CUES; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 79952790314     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2010.43-265     Document Type: Article

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