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Social-Skills Treatments for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Overview
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Matson, Johnny L.; Matson, Michael L.; Rivet, Tessa T. – Behavior Modification, 2007
Marked advances in the treatment of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) has occurred in the past few decades, primarily using applied behavior analysis. However, reviews of trends in social skills treatment for children with ASDs have been scant, despite a robust and growing empirical literature on the topic. In this selective review of…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Autism, Interpersonal Competence, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Applied Behavior Analysis: Its Impact on the Treatment of Mentally Retarded Emotionally Disturbed People.
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Matson, Johnny L.; Coe, David A. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1992
This article reviews applications of the applied behavior analysis ideas of B. F. Skinner and others to persons with both mental retardation and emotional disturbance. The review examines implications of behavior analysis for operant conditioning and radical behaviorism, schedules of reinforcement, and emotion and mental illness. (DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavioral Science Research, Behaviorism, Emotional Disturbances
Questions about Behavioral Function in Mental Illness (QABF-MI): A Behavior Checklist for Functional Assessment of Maladaptive Behavior Exhibited by Individuals with Mental Illness
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Singh, Nirbhay N.; Matson, Johnny L.; Lancioni, Giulio E.; Singh, Ashvind N.; Adkins, Angela D.; McKeegan, Gerald F.; Brown, Stephen W. – Behavior Modification, 2006
The Questions About Behavioral Function (QABF), a 25-item rating scale, was developed to identify the function(s) of maladaptive behavior in individuals with developmental disabilities. The authors adapted it for use with individuals with serious mental illness who engage in maladaptive behavior and assessed the psychometric characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Behavior Rating Scales, Developmental Disabilities
A 20 Year Review of Punishment and Alternative Methods to Treat Problem Behaviors in Developmentally Delayed Persons.
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Matson, Johnny L.; Taras, Marie E. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1989
Studies assessing treatments for severe behavior problems of developmentally delayed persons were reviewed. Procedures used in the 382 studies, published from 1967-1987, were analyzed in terms of problem behaviors, side effects, and treatment methods. Also examined were number of studies reported yearly, maintenance and generalization of effects,…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Developmental Disabilities, Intervention