Ole Ivar Lovaas

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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 early behavior modification to teach autistic children through prompts, modeling, and positive reinforcement. It is also noted for its use of aversives to reduce undesired behavior. He is also known for his experiments on gender-variant children in developing the practice of conversion therapy.

Published Works

• Behavioral treatment and normal educational and intellectual functioning in young autistic children.
• Some generalization and follow-up measures on autistic children in behavior therapy1
• Manipulation of self-destruction in three retarded children1
• Acquisition of Imitative Speech by Schizophrenic Children
• Selective responding by autistic children to multiple sensory input.
• Stimulus overselectivity in autism: A review of research.
• Experimental studies in childhood schizophrenia: Analysis of self-destructive behavior
• Stimulus overselectiv1ty of autistic children in a two stimulus situation
• Intensive Behavioral Treatment for Preschoolers With Severe Mental Retardation and Pervasive Developmental Disorder
• The establishment of imitation and its use for the development of complex behavior in schizophrenic children
Overselective response to social stimuli by autistic children
The treatment of self-injurious behavior
Response latencies to auditory stimuli in autistic children engaged in self-stimulatory behavior
Behavioral treatment of deviant sex-role behaviors in a male child1
A comprehensive behavioral theory of autistic children: Paradigm for research and treatment
Establishment of social reinforcers in two schizophrenic children on the basis of food
An analysis of observational learning in autistic and normal children
Some motivational properties of sensory stimulation in psychotic children
A behavior modification approach to the treatment of autistic children
Auditory overselectivity in autistic children
Control of echolalic speech in psychotic children
Intensive Behavioral Treatment for Young Autistic Children
Recording apparatus and procedure for observation of behaviors of children in free play settings
Transfer of staff training from workshops to group homes: A failure to generalize across settings
Some social contexts of self-destructive behavior
The behavioral treatment of a ?transsexual? preadolescent boy
Clarifying comments on the young autism study: Reply to Schopler, Short, and Mesibov.
MODIFICATION OF AUTISTIC BEHAVIOR WITH LSD-25
Some Observations on the Nonextinguishability of Children's Speech
Changes in self-stimulatory behaviors with treatment
Social desirability ratings of personality variables by Norwegian and American college students.
Control of food intake in children by reinforcement of relevant verbal behavior.
Child gender disturbances: A clinical rationale for intervention.
Use of Pain and Punishment as Treatment Techniques with Childhood Schizophrenics
Comments on self-destructive behaviors
Contrasting illness and behavioral models for the treatment of autistic children: A historical perspective
The relationship of induced muscular tension, tension level, and manifest anxiety in learning.
A comparison of human and automated instruction of autistic children
Contingent Electric Shock as a Treatment for Severe Behavior Problems
Behaviors of children with high-functioning autism when paired with typically developing versus delayed peers: a preliminary study
Parents as Therapists
Comments on autism and stimulus overselectivity.
Sex-role stereotypy and professional intervention for childhood gender disturbance.
Language training and some mechanisms of social and internal control
Self-Injury In Pediatric Populations
Some studies on the treatment of childhood schizophrenia.
Certain comparisons between psychodynamic and behavioristic approaches to treatment.
Interaction between Verbal and Nonverbal Behavior
Experimental Procedures for Analyzing the Interaction of Symbolic Social Stimuli and Children's Behavior
The autistic label and its potentially detrimental effect on the child's treatment
Supplementary report: The relationship of induced muscular tension to manifest anxiety in learning.
A Behavior Modification Approach to the Treatment of Autistic Children
Concerns about misinterpretation and placement of blame.
Effect of Exposure to Symbolic Aggression on Aggressive Behavior
Editors' introduction
Cue Properties of Words: The Control of Operant Responding by Rate and Content of Verbal Operants
Autistic Disorder
Autistic Disorder
Clinical Implications of Relationships Between Verbal and Nonverbal Operant Behavior
Interaction Between Verbal and Nonverbal Behavior
Randomized Study of Intensive One-on-One Behavioral Treatment Versus Individualized Parent Training in Preschool Aged Children With Autism
“A reply to recent public critiques...”.
The Effect of Verbal Symbolization on the Serial Position Curve in Motor Perceptual Maze Learning
EFFECT OF EXPOSURE TO SYMBOLIC AGGRESSION ON AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR1
INTERACTION BETWEEN VERBAL AND NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR1
Cue Properties of Words: The Control of Operant Responding by Rate and Content of Verbal Operants1
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Luther College

Lutheran liberal arts college in Iowa

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University of California, Los Angeles

Public research university in Los Angeles, California, United States

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University of Washington

Public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States

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