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A scoping review of community-based mental health intervention for children and adolescents in South Asia by Willmot, Rhiannon A., Sharp, Rebecca A., Amir Kassim, Azlina, Parkinson, John A.

“…Children and adolescents in South Asia are exposed to significant mental health risks. Yet, policy to prevent or treat youth mental health problems in this…”
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Some effects of detection dogs on passenger behavior at border control ports by Williams, Emma E. M., Sharp, Rebecca A.

“…Detection dogs are used at border controls as an antecedent intervention to deter the smuggling of contraband. However, there is little research that has…”
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Independent and interdependent group contingencies to increase on‐task work behavior among adults with intellectual disabilities by Daly, Svetlana, Phillips, Katrina J., Mudford, Oliver C., Sharp, Rebecca A.

“…We applied independent and interdependent group contingencies in a counterbalanced reversal experimental design to the vocational on‐task behavior for two…”
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Effects of check‐in interval on active engagement in people with dementia by Hodder, Ebonee, Virúes‐Ortega, Javier, Taylor, Sarah, Phillips, Katrina J., Sharp, Rebecca A.

“…Social isolation and a lack of engagement in activities are common among people with dementia living in residential care. The check‐in procedure, in which…”
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Preference for leisure items over edible items in individuals with dementia: A replication by Lucock, Zoe R., Sharp, Rebecca A., Jones, Robert S.

“…We replicated previous research in which adults with dementia tended to show a preference for leisure items over edible items when presented in the same array…”
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Preliminary investigation of two functional assessment methods for people with dementia: Effectiveness and acceptability by Sharp, Rebecca A., Lucock, Zoe R., Jones, Robert S. P.

“…Many functional assessment procedures have been developed and validated for use with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. However, there is…”
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Representativeness of direct observations selected using a work-sampling equation by Sharp, Rebecca A., Mudford, Oliver C., Elliffe, Douglas

“…Deciding on appropriate sampling to obtain representative samples of behavior is important but not straightforward, because the relative duration of the target…”
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An Assessment Method for Identifying Acceptable and Effective Ways to Present Demands to an Adult With Dementia by Williams, Emma E. M., Sharp, Rebecca A., Lamers, Carolien

“…Simple instructions are often recommended for presenting demands to people with dementia; however, simple instructions may be perceived as authoritative and…”
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Lounge Layout to Facilitate Communication and Engagement in People with Dementia by Sharp, Rebecca A., Williams, Emma, Rörnes, Rebecka, Lau, Choo Ying, Lamers, Carolien

“…The design of care settings for people with dementia is often guided by expert opinion rather than empirical data. We evaluated the effect of arranging lounge…”
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Distribution of Reported Durations of Behavior in Applied Behavioral Research by Sharp, Rebecca A., Mudford, Oliver C.

“…Duration is a commonly measured dimension of behavior in behavioral research and clinical practice. An approach to studies of measurement in behavior analysis…”
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Behavior-Analytic Approaches to Working with People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities who Develop Dementia: a Review of the Literature by Lucock, Zoe R., Sharp, Rebecca A., Jones, Robert S. P.

“…Behavior analysis has made contributions in the development of evidence-based interventions for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD),…”
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Comparisons of interventions for rumination maintained by automatic reinforcement by Sharp, Rebecca A., Phillips, Katrina J., Mudford, Oliver C.

“…► Antecedent-based interventions for rumination were compared in adults with autism. ► Liquid rescheduling was the most effective intervention in decreasing…”
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