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Jacqueline N Potter1, Gregory P Hanley, Matotopa Augustine

  • 1NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY; WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY.

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
|October 12, 2013
PubMed

Keywords:
autismautomatic reinforcementdifferential reinforcementengagementleisure skillsplaysocial validitystereotypy

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