Abstract
Expulsion (spitting out food) is a problem behavior observed in many children with feeding disorders. In the current investigation, we identified 4 children diagnosed with a feeding disorder who exhibited high rates of expulsion. Treatment with re-presentation (placing expelled liquids or solids back into the child's mouth) was not effective in reducing expulsion. Therefore, we added a chin-prompt procedure (the feeder applied gentle upward pressure to the child's chin and lower lip) for the initial presentation and the re-presentation. Chin prompt plus representation resulted in low rates of expulsion for all 4 children. The results are discussed in terms of the potential underlying mechanisms behind the effectiveness of the chin-prompt procedure.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 513-522 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal of applied behavior analysis |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 2011 |
Keywords
- chin prompt
- escape extinction
- expulsion
- feeding disorder
- negative reinforcement
- pediatric feeding disorder
- re-presentation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Philosophy
- Sociology and Political Science
- Applied Psychology