Conteúdo indexado
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
2016 · Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, v. 49, n. 3, p. 485-511
Dados principais
- Ano de publicação
- 2016
- Dados editoriais
- Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, v. 49, n. 3, p. 485-511
- DOI
- 10.1002/jaba.332
Autores
- Kathryn M. Peterson
- Cathleen C. Piazza
- Valerie M. Volkert
Resumo
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 .