Effects of behavioral skills training on parent implementation of a treatment package to increase food acceptance in children with food selectivity
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Title
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Effects of behavioral skills training on parent implementation of a treatment package to increase food acceptance in children with food selectivity
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Identifier
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d_2009_2013:b5e53a8112ff:10673
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identifier
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10758
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Creator
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Seiverling, Laura,
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Contributor
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Peter Sturmey
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Date
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2010
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Behavioral psychology | autism | food selectivity | parent training
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Abstract
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Repeated taste exposure, escape extinction, and fading is a treatment package used to reduce food selectivity, a common problem in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Often studies involving parent-implemented treatment for food selectivity fail to describe training procedures for teaching parents and do not present data on parent performance. This study used behavioral skills training (BST) to teach parents of three children with ASD with food selectivity to conduct repeated taste exposure, fading, and escape extinction in the home. The intervention targeted parents' correct implementation of the procedure during taste sessions and subsequent probe meals. Following training, correct parent performance in taste sessions and probe meals increased while children's latency to accept bites and disruptive responses decreased. Children's accepted bites during probe meals also increased following parent training. All parents reported increases in number of foods eaten by their children following treatment and at 1-month follow-up compared to pre-baseline. Parents rated the BST, feeding intervention, and intervention outcome as acceptable, indicating that this parent-implemented treatment was effective in increasing food acceptance in children with food selectivity.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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2009_2013.csv
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Psychology
