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Lovaas, O. Ivar; Smith, Tristram – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1991
This response to a paper by Guess and Carr (EC 602 212) on stereotypy and self-injurious behavior in the disabled focuses on (1) potentially misleading statements that may discourage practitioners from operant approaches to stereotypy and self-injury, and (2) strengths and weaknesses of the model compared to existing operant models. (DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Disabilities, Intervention
