Ole Ivar Lovaas

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Ole Ivar Lovaas is affiliated with the following schools: Luther College , University of California, Los Angeles, University of Iowa, University of Washington

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According to Wikipedia, Ole Ivar Løvaas was a Norwegian-American clinical psychologist and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is most well known for his research on what is now called applied behavior analysis to teach autistic children through prompts, modeling, and positive reinforcement. The therapy is also noted for its use of aversives to reduce undesired behavior, however these are now used less commonly than in the past.

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Ole Ivar Lovaas's Published Works

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Behavioral treatment and normal educational and intellectual functioning in young autistic children. (1987) (3095)
Some generalization and follow-up measures on autistic children in behavior therapy. (1973) (766)
Long-term outcome for children with autism who received early intensive behavioral treatment. (1993) (738)
Teaching Developmentally Disabled Children: The Me Book (1981) (531)
Manipulation of self-destruction in three retarded children. (1969) (494)
Selective responding by autistic children to multiple sensory input. (1971) (477)
Teaching Individuals With Developmental Delays: Basic Intervention Techniques (2002) (455)
Stimulus overselectivity in autism: a review of research. (1979) (439)
Acquisition of Imitative Speech by Schizophrenic Children (1966) (425)
Experimental studies in childhood schizophrenia: Analysis of self-destructive behavior (1965) (340)
Intensive behavioral treatment for preschoolers with severe mental retardation and pervasive developmental disorder. (1997) (263)
Stimulus overselectivity of autistic children in a two stimulus situation. (1971) (254)
The autistic child: Language development through behavior modification. (1977) (204)
Building social behavior in autistic children by use of electric shock. (1965) (192)
A comprehensive behavioral theory of autistic children: paradigm for research and treatment. (1989) (178)
The establishment of imitation and its use for the development of complex behavior in schizophrenic children. (1967) (174)
The autistic child (1977) (159)
The right to effective behavioral treatment. (1988) (157)
Response latencies to auditory stimuli in autistic children engaged in self-stimulatory behavior. (1971) (149)
Overselective response to social stimuli by autistic children (1973) (146)
Behavioral treatment of deviant sex-role behaviors in a male child. (1974) (142)
Stimulus overselectivity: a common feature in autism and mental retardation. (1976) (133)
Establishment of social reinforcers in two schizophrenic children on the basis of food. (1966) (132)
An analysis of observational learning in autistic and normal children (1979) (131)
The Right to Effective Behavioral Treatment (1988) (129)
The development of a treatment-research project for developmentally disabled and autistic children. (1993) (118)
The treatment of self-injurious behavior (1982) (115)
Effect of exposure to symbolic aggression on aggressive behavior. (1961) (113)
Early and intensive behavioral intervention in autism. (2003) (109)
Intensive Behavioral Treatment for Young Autistic Children (1988) (103)
A behavior modification approach to the treatment of autistic children. (1974) (89)
Interaction between verbal and nonverbal behavior. (1961) (85)
Some motivational properties of sensory stimulation in psychotic children. (1977) (83)
Auditory overselectivity in autistic children (1974) (82)
Control of echolalic speech in psychotic children (1975) (78)
Transfer of staff training from workshops to group homes: a failure to generalize across settings. (1992) (66)
Clarifying comments on the young autism study: reply to Schopler, Short, and Mesibov. (1989) (65)
CUE PROPERTIES OF WORDS: THE CONTROL OF OPERANT RESPONDING BY RATE AND CONTENT OF VERBAL OPERANTS. (1964) (63)
Recording apparatus and procedure for observation of behaviors of children in free play settings (1965) (55)
The behavioral treatment of a “transsexual” preadolescent boy (1974) (50)
The UCLA Young Autism Project: A Reply to Gresham and MacMillan (1997) (49)
Some social contexts of self-destructive behavior (1983) (47)
Behavioral treatment of Rett's disorder: ineffectiveness in three cases. (1995) (45)
A behavior modification approach to the treatment of autistic children (1974) (45)
Modification of autistic behavior with LSD-25. (1966) (43)
Changes in self-stimulatory behaviors with treatment (1985) (42)
Child gender disturbances: A clinical rationale for intervention. (1977) (40)
Parents as Therapists (1978) (35)
7 – Contingent Electric Shock as a Treatment for Severe Behavior Problems1 (1983) (32)
CONTROL OF FOOD INTAKE IN CHILDREN BY REINFORCEMENT OF RELEVANT VERBAL BEHAVIOR. (1964) (31)
Protection for clients undergoing aversive/restrictive interventions (1987) (31)
Some Observations on the Nonextinguishability of Children's Speech. (1977) (30)
Use of pain and punishment as treatment techniques with childhood schizophrenics. (1969) (30)
A comparison of human and automated instruction of autistic children (1978) (29)
Behaviors of children with high‐functioning autism when paired with typically developing versus delayed peers: a preliminary study (2002) (25)
Contrasting illness and behavioral models for the treatment of autistic children: A historical perspective (1979) (25)
The relationship of induced muscular tension, tension level, and manifest anxiety in learning. (1960) (23)
Comments on autism and stimulus overselectivity. (1978) (21)
Sex-role stereotypy and professional intervention for childhood gender disturbance. (1978) (19)
Comments on self-destructive behaviors (1982) (18)
Perspectives in behavior modification with deviant children (1974) (18)
Behavior Therapy with Autistic Children (1973) (17)
Self-Injury In Pediatric Populations (1980) (16)
Some studies on the treatment of childhood schizophrenia. (1968) (13)
The autistic label and its potentially detrimental effect on the child's treatment. (1992) (12)
Language training and some mechanisms of social and internal control (1981) (11)
Interaction Between Verbal and Nonverbal Behavior (1964) (9)
EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES FOR ANALYZING THE INTERACTION OF SYMBOLIC SOCIAL STIMULI AND CHILDREN'S BEHAVIOR. (1965) (8)
A neurobiological nonalternative: rejoinder to Lewis, Baumeister, and Mailman. (1987) (7)
Developmentally Disabled Children (1981) (7)
Certain comparisons between psychodynamic and behavioristic approaches to treatment. (1971) (7)
Social desirability ratings of personality variables by Norweigian and American college students. (1958) (5)
A Reply to Recent Public Critiques ... (2006) (4)
Concerns about misinterpretation and placement of blame. (1989) (4)
Sex and bias: reply to Boyd. (1998) (3)
There Is More to Operant Theory and Practice: Comment on Guess and Carr. (1991) (3)
Rejoinder To Murray's Article (1974) (3)
Clinical Implications of Relationships Between Verbal and Nonverbal Operant Behavior (1964) (3)
Operant Procedures in Behavior Modification with Children (2017) (2)
Comment on : there is more to operant theory and practice (1991) (2)
Letters to the Editor (1955) (0)
Supplementary report: the relationshiop of induced muscular tension to manifest anxiety in learing. (1960) (0)
Reflections on Fred Skinner's Death (1991) (0)
The effect of verbal symbolization on the serial position curve in motor perceptual maze learning. (1962) (0)
Behavioral Treatment and Assessment of Childhood Cross-Gender Problems. (1973) (0)

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