The effects of verbal operant training and response interruptionand redirection on appropriate and inappropriate vocalizations

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-120

  Colón, Candice L ^a   Ahearn, William H ^a   Clark, Kathleen M ^a   Masalsky, Jessica ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Response blocking; Response interruption; Tact; Verbal behavior; Vocal stereotypy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; STEREOTYPY; TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOICE;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPIC MOVEMENT DISORDER; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOICE;

EID: 85047687784     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2012.45-107     Document Type: Article

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