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

Kathryn M. Peterson, Cathleen C. Piazza, Valerie M. Volkert

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)485-511
Number of pages27
JournalJournal of applied behavior analysis
Volume49
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1 2016

Keywords

  • SOS
  • applied behavior analysis
  • escape extinction
  • feeding disorders
  • modified sequential oral sensory
  • oral-motor skills
  • sensory integration
  • sequential oral sensory
  • sequential oral sensory training
  • systematic desensitization

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Philosophy
  • Applied Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science

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