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A Treatment Package without Escape Extinction to Address Food Selectivity
Published on: August 21, 2015
Parental assessment and treatment of food selectivity in natural settings
Adel C Najdowski1, Michele D Wallace, Janice K Doney
1University of Nevada, Reno 89557, USA.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
|November 5, 2003
Abstract:
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.
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