TY - JOUR
T1 - An alternating treatments comparison of two intensive interventions for food refusal
AU - Ahearn, William H.
AU - Kerwin, Marylouise E.
AU - Eicher, Peggy S.
AU - Shantz, Jocelyn
AU - Swearingin, Wendy
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PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - We compared two treatment packages involving negative reinforcement contingencies for 3 children with chronic food refusal. One involved physically guiding the child to accept food contingent on noncompliance, whereas the other involved nonremoval of the spoon until the child accepted the presented food. Subsequent to baseline, an alternating treatments comparison was implemented in a multiple baseline design across subjects. After each child had been exposed to at least nine sessions of each treatment condition and percentage of bites accepted had increased to at least 80%, the child's caregivers selected the preferred treatment package. The results indicated that both treatments were effective in establishing food acceptance. However, physical guidance was associated with fewer corollary behaviors, shorter meal durations, and parental preference.
AB - We compared two treatment packages involving negative reinforcement contingencies for 3 children with chronic food refusal. One involved physically guiding the child to accept food contingent on noncompliance, whereas the other involved nonremoval of the spoon until the child accepted the presented food. Subsequent to baseline, an alternating treatments comparison was implemented in a multiple baseline design across subjects. After each child had been exposed to at least nine sessions of each treatment condition and percentage of bites accepted had increased to at least 80%, the child's caregivers selected the preferred treatment package. The results indicated that both treatments were effective in establishing food acceptance. However, physical guidance was associated with fewer corollary behaviors, shorter meal durations, and parental preference.
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U2 - 10.1901/jaba.1996.29-321
DO - 10.1901/jaba.1996.29-321
M3 - Article
C2 - 8926224
AN - SCOPUS:0030237057
VL - 29
SP - 321
EP - 332
JO - Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
JF - Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
SN - 0021-8855
IS - 3
ER -