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Spoon Distance Fading with and without Escape Extinction as Treatment for Food Refusal
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Rivas, Kristi D.; Piazza, Cathleen C.; Patel, Meeta R.; Bachmeyer, Melanie H. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2010
Little is known about the characteristics of meals that serve as motivating operations (MOs) for escape behavior. In the current investigation, we showed that the distance at which a therapist held a spoon from a child's lips served as an MO for escape behavior. Based on these results, we implemented spoon distance fading, compared fading with and…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Eating Disorders, Behavior Problems, Children
Escape as Reinforcement and Escape Extinction in the Treatment of Feeding Problems
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LaRue, Robert H.; Stewart, Victoria; Piazza, Cathleen C.; Volkert, Valerie M.; Patel, Meeta R.; Zeleny, Jason – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2011
Given the effectiveness of putative escape extinction as treatment for feeding problems, it is surprising that little is known about the effects of escape as reinforcement for appropriate eating during treatment. In the current investigation, we examined the effectiveness of escape as reinforcement for mouth clean (a product measure of…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Etiology, Negative Reinforcement, Eating Habits
A Comparison of Sensory Integrative and Behavioral Therapies as Treatment for Pediatric Feeding Disorders
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Addison, Laura R.; Piazza, Cathleen C.; Patel, Meeta R.; Bachmeyer, Melanie H.; Rivas, Kristi M.; Milnes, Suzanne M.; Oddo, Jackie – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2012
We compared the effects of escape extinction (EE) plus noncontingent reinforcement (NCR) with sensory integration therapy as treatment for the feeding problems of 2 children. Results indicated that EE plus NCR was more effective in increasing acceptance, decreasing inappropriate behavior, and increasing amount consumed relative to sensory…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Therapy, Sensory Integration, Comparative Analysis
Treatment of Automatically Reinforced Object Mouthing with Noncontingent Reinforcement and Response Blocking: Experimental Analysis and Social Validation.
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Carr, James E.; Dozier, Claudia L.; Patel, Meeta R.; Adams, Amanda Nicolson; Martin, Nichelle – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2002
A brief functional analysis indicated that the object mouthing of a young girl diagnosed with autism was maintained independent of social consequences. Separate and combined effects of response blocking and non-contingent reinforcement were then evaluated as treatments. Although both interventions were unsuccessful when implemented separately,…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Case Studies
Functional Analysis of Aberrant Behavior Maintained by Automatic Reinforcement: Assessments of Specific Sensory Reinforcers.
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Patel, Meeta R.; Carr, James E.; Kim, Christine; Robles, Adel; Eastridge, Dixie – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2000
A study developed a systematic functional assessment package to reduce the stereotypy and self-injurious behaviors maintained by nonsocial reinforcement in two individuals with mental retardation. Differential reinforcement of zero rates of responding (DRO) procedures using stimuli within the targeted sensory classes were successful in eliminated…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Children