Behavioral Terms and Principles

  • Kathleen Hague Armstrong
  • Julia A. Ogg
  • Ashley N. Sundman-Wheat
  • Audra St. John Walsh
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Abstract

Many evidence-based interventions for addressing challenging behavior in young children utilize behavioral strategies. This chapter outlines key behavioral principles (e.g., reinforcement, punishment, schedules of reinforcement and punishment, extinction, imitation, shaping) that can be used to prevent and intervene with problem behaviors in young children.

Keywords

Reinforcement (positive and negative) Schedules of reinforcement Punishment Extinction Imitation/modeling Shaping Time out Social stories 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Kathleen Hague Armstrong
    • 1
  • Julia A. Ogg
    • 2
  • Ashley N. Sundman-Wheat
    • 3
  • Audra St. John Walsh
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Pediatrics College of MedicineUniversity of South FloridaTampaUSA
  2. 2.Department of Psychological & Social FoundationsUniversity of South FloridaTampaUSA
  3. 3.School Psychology District School Board of Pasco CountyLand O’LakesUSA

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