Discriminated functional communication: A procedural extension of functional communication training

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 249-264

  Kuhn, David E ^a   Chirighin, Anna E ^b   Zelenka, Katrina ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional communication training; Multiple schedules; Social skills

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEACHING;

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEACHING;

EID: 79952805504     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2010.43-249     Document Type: Article

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