Evaluation of the rate of problem behavior maintained by different reinforcers across preference assessments

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 835-846

  Kang, Soyeon ^a   O'Reilly, Mark F ^a   Fragale, Christina L ^a   Aguilar, Jeannie M ^a   Rispoli, Mandy ^b   Lang, Russell ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; developmental disability; ecological validity; preference assessment; problem behavior

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT;

ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84860563396     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: 19383703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-835     Document Type: Article

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