Untangling the Effects of Scheduled Exercise on Child Engagement, Stereotypy, and Challenging Behavior
Description:
There is limited research pertaining to the effects of exercise on the behavior of children with autism. Previous researchers focused on exploring the dimensions of the exercise itself, leaving a functional account of the effects of exercise undetermined. There is recent evidence that exercise suppresses responses maintained by automatic reinforcement. The purpose of the present study was to better identify the relevant independent variable in such research and to assess if there were different…
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Date:
August 2012
Creator:
Currier, Thomas D. R.
Partner:
UNT Libraries