TY - JOUR
T1 - A comparison of a modified sequential oral sensory approach to an applied behavior-analytic approach in the treatment of food selectivity in children with autism spectrum disorder
AU - Peterson, Kathryn M.
AU - Piazza, Cathleen C.
AU - Volkert, Valerie M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior.
PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - Treatments of pediatric feeding disorders based on applied behavior analysis (ABA) have the most empirical support in the research literature (Volkert & Piazza, 2012); however, professionals often recommend, and caregivers often use, treatments that have limited empirical support. In the current investigation, we compared a modified sequential oral sensory approach (M-SOS; Benson, Parke, Gannon, & Muñoz, 2013) to an ABA approach for the treatment of the food selectivity of 6 children with autism. We randomly assigned 3 children to ABA and 3 children to M-SOS and compared the effects of treatment in a multiple baseline design across novel, healthy target foods. We used a multielement design to assess treatment generalization. Consumption of target foods increased for children who received ABA, but not for children who received M-SOS. We subsequently implemented ABA with the children for whom M-SOS was not effective and observed a potential treatment generalization effect during ABA when M-SOS preceded ABA.
AB - Treatments of pediatric feeding disorders based on applied behavior analysis (ABA) have the most empirical support in the research literature (Volkert & Piazza, 2012); however, professionals often recommend, and caregivers often use, treatments that have limited empirical support. In the current investigation, we compared a modified sequential oral sensory approach (M-SOS; Benson, Parke, Gannon, & Muñoz, 2013) to an ABA approach for the treatment of the food selectivity of 6 children with autism. We randomly assigned 3 children to ABA and 3 children to M-SOS and compared the effects of treatment in a multiple baseline design across novel, healthy target foods. We used a multielement design to assess treatment generalization. Consumption of target foods increased for children who received ABA, but not for children who received M-SOS. We subsequently implemented ABA with the children for whom M-SOS was not effective and observed a potential treatment generalization effect during ABA when M-SOS preceded ABA.
KW - SOS
KW - applied behavior analysis
KW - escape extinction
KW - feeding disorders
KW - modified sequential oral sensory
KW - oral-motor skills
KW - sensory integration
KW - sequential oral sensory
KW - sequential oral sensory training
KW - systematic desensitization
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U2 - 10.1002/jaba.332
DO - 10.1002/jaba.332
M3 - Article
C2 - 27449267
AN - SCOPUS:84987624168
SN - 0021-8855
VL - 49
SP - 485
EP - 511
JO - Journal of applied behavior analysis
JF - Journal of applied behavior analysis
IS - 3
ER -