Reinstatement of Verbal Behavior in Elderly Mental Patients Using Operant Procedures
- 1 April 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 14 (2) , 149-152
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/14.2.149
Abstract
In the present research verbal communication deficits were viewed as consequences of existing behavior-environment relationships within the institutional setting. Operant procedures were successfully used in two studies to reinstate the verbal behavior of nonverbal or minimally verbal elderly mental patients.Keywords
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