Prevention of problem behavior by teaching functional communication and self-control skills to preschoolers

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 355-368

  Luczynski, Kevin C ^a   Hanley, Gregory P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

delay tolerance; early child care; functional communication; maintenance; mands; preschool life skills; prevention; problem behavior; self control; social skills

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAY TOLERANCE; EARLY CHILD CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MANDS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCHOOL LIFE SKILLS; PREVENTION; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF-CONTROL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL SKILLS;

DELAY TOLERANCE; EARLY CHILD CARE; FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATION; MAINTENANCE; MANDS; PRESCHOOL LIFE SKILLS; PREVENTION; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; SELF-CONTROL; SOCIAL SKILLS;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

EID: 84879444655     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: 19383703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jaba.44     Document Type: Article

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