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Horner, Robert H.; And Others – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1990
A functional analysis of the aggressive behaviors of a 14-year-old boy with moderate mental retardation found that aggression occurred during instruction on difficult tasks. Researchers taught both a high-efficiency/low-effort and a low-efficiency/high-effort response using communication devices. The high-effort response was used regularly, was…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification
