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Direct linkRicciardi, Joseph N.; Luiselli, James K.; Camare, Marianne – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2006
We evaluated contact desensitization (reinforcing approach responses) as intervention for specific phobia with a child diagnosed with autism. During hospital-based intervention, the boy was able to encounter previously avoided stimuli. Parental report suggested that results were maintained postdischarge. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Intervention, Desensitization, Autism, Anxiety
