title: A swallow induction avoidance procedure to establish eating.
abstract: Swallow induction has been used to shape swallowing behavior in dysphagic children and to accelerate swallowing in nondysphagic children with profound mental retardation who display primitive swallows. Swallow induction may be considered a type of prompt. This project coupled swallow induction with a modified delayed prompting paradigm to establish eating in a 3.5-year-old girl. Coupling these procedures produced prompt swallowing and established oral consumption. Follow-ups at 1, 2, 6 and 12 months demonstrated maintenance and further improvement of the newly acquired feeding skills. Implications for treatment and further research are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Kennedy Krieger Institute, USA.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Hoch
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Babbitt
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Coe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ducan
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Trusty
mesh_terms: D001362:Avoidance Learning; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D009042:Motivation; D014040:Token Economy; D016896:Treatment Outcome