SPOON DISTANCE FADING WITH AND WITHOUT ESCAPE EXTINCTION AS TREATMENT FOR FOOD REFUSAL
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Spoon distance fading with and without escape extinction as treatment for food refusal.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0021-8855,1938-3703
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2010.43-673