Functional analysis and treatment of multiply controlled inappropriate mealtime behavior.

Autor: Bachmeyer MH; Marcus Institute., Piazza CC, Fredrick LD, Reed GK, Rivas KD, Kadey HJ
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of applied behavior analysis [J Appl Behav Anal] 2009 Fall; Vol. 42 (3), pp. 641-58.
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-641
Abstrakt: Functional analyses identified children whose inappropriate mealtime behavior was maintained by escape and adult attention. Function-based extinction procedures were tested individually and in combination. Attention extinction alone did not result in decreases in inappropriate mealtime behavior or a significant increase in acceptance. By contrast, escape extinction alone resulted in a decrease in inappropriate mealtime behavior and an increase in acceptance. However, inappropriate mealtime behavior did not decrease to clinically acceptable levels. A combined extinction technique (i.e., escape and attention extinction) resulted in a decrease in inappropriate mealtime behavior to clinically acceptable levels and high and stable acceptance.
Databáze: MEDLINE