An evaluation of three methods of saying "no" to avoid an escalating response class hierarchy

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-94

  MacE, F Charles ^a   Pratt, Jamie L ^b   Prager, Kevin L ^b   Pritchard, Duncan ^b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Providence of Maine ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

response class hierarchy; saying "no," autism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; EVALUATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052057133     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: 19383703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-83     Document Type: Article

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