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SHAPING APPROACH RESPONSES AS INTERVENTION FOR SPECIFIC PHOBIA IN A CHILD WITH AUTISM
Author(s) -
Ricciardi Joseph N.,
Luiselli James K.,
Camare Marianne
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.2006.158-05
Subject(s) - autism , intervention (counseling) , psychology , desensitization (medicine) , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , specific phobia , developmental psychology , psychiatry , anxiety , anxiety disorder , medicine , receptor
We evaluated contact desensitization (reinforcing approach responses) as intervention for specific phobia with a child diagnosed with autism. During hospital‐based intervention, the boy was able to encounter previously avoided stimuli. Parental report suggested that results were maintained postdischarge.
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