Functional communication training with and without alternative reinforcement and punishment: An analysis of 58 applications

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 708-722

  Rooker, Griffin W ^a   Jessel, Joshua ^a   Kurtz, Patricia F ^a   Hagopian, Louis P ^a  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

extinction; functional communication training; noncontingent reinforcement; punishment; severe problem behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; EXTINCTION; FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATION TRAINING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; NONCONTINGENT REINFORCEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; REINFORCEMENT; SEVERE PROBLEM BEHAVIOR;

EXTINCTION; FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATION TRAINING; NONCONTINGENT REINFORCEMENT; PUNISHMENT; SEVERE PROBLEM BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; PUNISHMENT; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 84889673156     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: 19383703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jaba.76     Document Type: Article

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