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| Autism | 1 |
| Behavior Patterns | 1 |
| Behavior Problems | 1 |
| Handicapped Children | 1 |
| Psychosis | 1 |
| Reinforcement | 1 |
| Verbal Ability | 1 |
| Verbal Communication | 1 |
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| Journal of Behavior Therapy… | 1 |
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| Bartlett, Donald | 1 |
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Peer reviewedBartlett, Donald; And Others – Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 1971
This study reports the procedures used to reduce the relative frequency of psychotic speech in an autistic child, and to produce verbal behavior appropriate for more conventional psychotherapeutic intervention. The results indicated that the subject's verbal behavior was clearly controlled by the token reinforcement schedule used. (Author)
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Handicapped Children
