title: A comparison of a modified sequential oral sensory approach to an applied behavior-analytic approach in the treatment of food selectivity in children with autism spectrum disorder.
abstract: Treatments of pediatric feeding disorders based on applied behavior analysis (ABA) have the most empirical support in the research literature (Volkert & Piazza, 2012); however, professionals often recommend, and caregivers often use, treatments that have limited empirical support. In the current investigation, we compared a modified sequential oral sensory approach (M-SOS; Benson, Parke, Gannon, & Muñoz, 2013) to an ABA approach for the treatment of the food selectivity of 6 children with autism. We randomly assigned 3 children to ABA and 3 children to M-SOS and compared the effects of treatment in a multiple baseline design across novel, healthy target foods. We used a multielement design to assess treatment generalization. Consumption of target foods increased for children who received ABA, but not for children who received M-SOS. We subsequently implemented ABA with the children for whom M-SOS was not effective and observed a potential treatment generalization effect during ABA when M-SOS preceded ABA.
authors.affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center's Munroe-Meyer Institute.
authors.forename: Kathryn M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center's Munroe-Meyer Institute.
authors.forename: Cathleen C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Piazza
authors.affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center's Munroe-Meyer Institute.
authors.forename: Valerie M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Volkert
mesh_terms: D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018479:Early Intervention, Educational; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009055:Mouth / Q000294:innervation; D012677:Sensation / Q000502:physiology*; D014705:Verbal Behavior
keywords: SOS; applied behavior analysis; escape extinction; feeding disorders; modified sequential oral sensory; oral-motor skills; sensory integration; sequential oral sensory; sequential oral sensory training; systematic desensitization