Application of operant conditioning procedures to the behaviour problems of an autistic child
Authors:
Montrose Wolf and Todd Risley
Hayden Mees
Affiliation:
University of Washington, Washington, U.S.A.
Western State Hospital, Washington, U.S.A.
Abstract:
An account is given of the treatment of a pre-school child who had serious behavioural and physical handicaps. In a sense this is a study involving both psychotherapy and rehabilitation. The treatment consisted of applying laboratory-developed techniques through the attendants and the parents over a seven-month period.