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- Title
Clinical evaluation of physical guidance procedures in the treatment of food selectivity.
- Authors
Silbaugh, Bryant C.; Swinnea, Samantha; Falcomata, Terry S.
- Abstract
In some cases of pediatric feeding disorders, reinforcement‐based behavioral interventions are ineffective at increasing acceptance of target foods, and the child will not allow the feeder to deposit the bite in the mouth. A small body of research suggests that this barrier can be overcome using physical guidance procedures. The purpose of the current clinical evaluation was to extend and replicate prior research by evaluating and comparing the effects of physical guidance procedures in a home setting to treat feeding problems in a boy with autism and food selectivity, for whom previous attempts to improve feeding with a reinforcement‐based intervention were ineffective. Improvements in all dependent variables were observed, acceptance generalized to his mother, and decreased disordered feeding generalized to his mother and novel foods. Limitations and future lines of research are discussed.
- Subjects
TREATMENT of eating disorders; AUTISM in children; FOOD preferences; NUTRITION counseling; REINFORCEMENT (Psychology)
- Publication
Behavioral Interventions, 2018, Vol 33, Issue 4, p403
- ISSN
1072-0847
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bin.1645