In this study, we examined the eating behavior of four handicapped children, none of whom exhibited self-feeding skills. All children had a history of food refusal and were nutritionally at risk; one child received all nourishment by way of gastrostomy tube. Baseline data taken during mealtimes indicated that all children accepted very little food, expelled food frequently, and engaged in a number of disruptive behaviors. Treatments consisted of one or more of the following contingent events: social praise, access to preferred foods, brief periods of toy play, and forced feeding. Results of multiple-baseline and reversal designs showed marked behavioral improvement for each child and increases in the amount of food consumed. Further improvements were noted at follow-up, which ranged from 7 to 30 months posttreatment.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Riordan1984
%A Riordan, M. M.
%A Iwata, B. A.
%A Finney, J. W.
%A Wohl, M. K.
%A Stanley, A. E.
%D 1984
%J J Appl Behav Anal
%K Behavior Therapy; Cerebral Palsy; Child, Preschool; Disabled Persons; Eating Disorders; Failure to Thrive; Female; Food Preferences; Hemiplegia; Humans; Hydrocephalus; Infant; Male; Play and Playthings; Reinforcement, Social; Seizures; Vision Disorders
%N 3
%P 327--341
%R 10.1901/jaba.1984.17-327
%T Behavioral assessment and treatment of chronic food refusal in handicapped children.
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1984.17-327
%V 17
%X In this study, we examined the eating behavior of four handicapped children, none of whom exhibited self-feeding skills. All children had a history of food refusal and were nutritionally at risk; one child received all nourishment by way of gastrostomy tube. Baseline data taken during mealtimes indicated that all children accepted very little food, expelled food frequently, and engaged in a number of disruptive behaviors. Treatments consisted of one or more of the following contingent events: social praise, access to preferred foods, brief periods of toy play, and forced feeding. Results of multiple-baseline and reversal designs showed marked behavioral improvement for each child and increases in the amount of food consumed. Further improvements were noted at follow-up, which ranged from 7 to 30 months posttreatment.
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abstract = {In this study, we examined the eating behavior of four handicapped children, none of whom exhibited self-feeding skills. All children had a history of food refusal and were nutritionally at risk; one child received all nourishment by way of gastrostomy tube. Baseline data taken during mealtimes indicated that all children accepted very little food, expelled food frequently, and engaged in a number of disruptive behaviors. Treatments consisted of one or more of the following contingent events: social praise, access to preferred foods, brief periods of toy play, and forced feeding. Results of multiple-baseline and reversal designs showed marked behavioral improvement for each child and increases in the amount of food consumed. Further improvements were noted at follow-up, which ranged from 7 to 30 months posttreatment.},
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title = {Behavioral assessment and treatment of chronic food refusal in handicapped children.},
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