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Peer reviewedReichle, Joe; Johnston, Susan S. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1993
This paper examines the functions of challenging behavior in individuals with mental retardation, methods for determining the function of a particular behavior, strategies for implementing initial communicative functions that compete with challenging behavior, and procedures that specifically address attention-motivated and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Peer reviewedWestby, Carol E.; Cutler, Susan K. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1994
Attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity (ADHD), which is conceptualized as a lack of behavioral inhibition or self-regulation, is reviewed. The article examines the relationship between ADHD and language delays/disorders, possible language and social-emotional cognitive underpinnings for pragmatic and metacognitive deficits in ADHD children,…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Development


