Use of the high-probability instructional sequence and escape extinction in a child with food refusal.
We used the high-probability (high-p) instructional sequence with and without escape extinction in the treatment of food refusal. Acceptance increased and refusal decreased only with the introduction of escape extinction. These results raise important questions about the high-p sequence in the treatment of food refusal.
Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA. dawson@kennedykrieger.org
Jennifer E
JE
Dawson
Cathleen C
CC
Piazza
Bart M
BM
Sevin
Charles S
CS
Gulotta
Dorothea
D
Lerman
Mary Lou
ML
Kelley
D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000523:psychology; D005108:Extinction, Psychological; D019959:Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000523:psychology; D018589:Gastroparesis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D012057:Reinforcement, Verbal