Errorless compliance training (e.g., Ducharme & Popynick, 1993; Ducharme, Pontes et al., 1994) is a recendy evaluated, nonintrusive approach to teaching children to cooperate with the requests of their parents. In this article, I describe the errorless approach and discuss the potential benefits of this technique. A detailed description of procedures that can be used to enhance clinical effectiveness and efficiency under various conditions and with a broad range of clinical populations is also provided.
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