Peer-mediated procedures to induce swallowing and food acceptance in young children.
Two studies demonstrated a functional relationship between a peer modeling procedure and the treatment of feeding disorders with 2 young children. In the first experiment, the use of a peer model treatment package was shown to induce swallowing in a child with dysphagia who had never swallowed food or liquid. In the second experiment, a child who consistently declined food was induced to increase food acceptance as a function of the same peer modeling package. In the latter experiment, a peer-mediated procedure, consisting of rotated opportunities to consume food with a peer, was found to increase consumption more than did modeling alone. The first experiment used a multiple baseline design across solids and liquids, and the second used a multiple treatment design. The results of both experiments are discussed as new and nonaversive treatments for feeding disorders of young children who are imitative.
Greer
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Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027.
Dorow
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Williams
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McCorkle
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Asnes
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D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002149:Energy Intake; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D007100:Imitative Behavior; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D012801:Sibling Relations; D012931:Social Environment