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A Treatment Package without Escape Extinction to Address Food Selectivity
Published on: August 21, 2015
A comparison of sensory integrative and behavioral therapies as treatment for pediatric feeding disorders
Laura R Addison1, Cathleen C Piazza, Meeta R Patel
1Addison Behavioral Resources, Camarillo, California, USA.
Abstract:
We compared the effects of escape extinction (EE) plus noncontingent reinforcement (NCR) with sensory integration therapy as treatment for the feeding problems of 2 children. Results indicated that EE plus NCR was more effective in increasing acceptance, decreasing inappropriate behavior, and increasing amount consumed relative to sensory integration for both children. The results are discussed in terms of the challenges of evaluating sensory-integration-based treatments, and the reasons why component analyses of multicomponent treatments like sensory integration are important.
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