title: Using high-probability foods to increase the acceptance of low-probability foods.
abstract: Studies have evaluated a range of interventions to treat food selectivity in children with autism and related developmental disabilities. The high-probability instructional sequence is one intervention with variable results in this area. We evaluated the effectiveness of a high-probability sequence using 3 presentations of a preferred food on increasing acceptance in a child with autism who refused a few specific foods. The high-probability sequence increased acceptance of 3 foods. We then systematically faded the intervention for 2 foods.
authors.affiliation: Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles, California 90017, USA.
authors.forename: Aimee E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Meier
authors.forename: Mitch J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Fryling
authors.forename: Michele D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Wallace
mesh_terms: D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003216:Conditioning, Operant; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D011336:Probability