Abatement of intractable vocal stereotypy using an overcorrection procedure

Behavioral Interventions

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 134-146

  Anderson, Jesse ^a   Le, Duy D ^a  

^a Child Study Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Matched stimulation; Overcorrection; Response cost; Vocal stereotypy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954601045     PISSN: 10720847     EISSN: 1099078X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bin.326     Document Type: Article

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