PARENTAL ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF FOOD SELECTIVITY IN NATURAL SETTINGS

• Published in: Journal of applied behavior analysis Vol. 36; no. 3; pp. 383 - 386
• Main Authors: Najdowski, Adel C., Wallace, Michele D., Doney, Janice K., Ghezzi, Patrick M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2003; Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
• Subjects: Attention; autism; Autistic Disorder - diagnosis; Autistic Disorder - psychology; Autistic Disorder - therapy; Behavior; Behavior Therapy - methods; Behavior therapy. Cognitive therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Child Behavior Disorders - diagnosis; Child Behavior Disorders - psychology; Child Behavior Disorders - therapy; Child, Preschool; demand fading; differential reinforcement; escape extinction; Escape Reaction; Extinction, Psychological; Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood - diagnosis; Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood - psychology; Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood - therapy; Food; Food Preferences - psychology; food selectivity; functional analysis; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Parents & parenting; Parents - education; Parents - psychology; Play and Playthings; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Reinforcement, Verbal; Treatments; Human; Preschool age; Feeding behavior; Extinction; Developmental disorder; Functional analysis; Feeding preference; Parent child relation; Case study; Autism; Treatment; Escape behavior; Differential reinforcement; Behavior therapy; Child
• ISSN: 0021-8855; 1938-3703
• DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2003.36-383

This study evaluated the effects of a parent‐conducted functional analysis and treatment consisting of differential reinforcement of an alternative behavior, escape extinction, and demand fading on food selectivity in a young child with autism. Increases in food acceptance at home and in a restaurant were obtained.