Functional Communication Training and Chained Schedules of Reinforcement to Treat Challenging Behavior Maintained by Terminations of Activity Interruptions

Behavior Modification

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 630-649

  Falcomata, Terry S ^a   Roane, Henry S ^b   Muething, Colin S ^a   Stephenson, Kasey M ^c   Ing, Anna D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; Asperger syndrome; autism; chained schedule of reinforcement; challenging behavior; functional communication training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866407322     PISSN: 01454455     EISSN: 15524167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145445511433821     Document Type: Article

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