The influence of motivating operations on generalization probes of specific mands by children with autism

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 565-577

  Christina, L Fragale ^a   Mark, F O'Reilly ^a   Jeannie, Aguilar ^a   Nigel, Pierce ^a   Russell, Lang ^b   Jeff, Sigafoos ^c   Giulio, Lancioni ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autism; Generalization; Mands; Motivating operations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868151847     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2012.45-565     Document Type: Article

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