TY - JOUR
T1 - The Combined Effects of Immediate and Delayed Positive Reinforcement to Increase Consumption of Solid Food
T2 - A Brief Report
AU - Williams, Keith
AU - Adams, Whitney
AU - Creek, Laura
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/11/17
Y1 - 2019/11/17
N2 - Background: While positive reinforcement is perhaps the most common component in interventions for feeding problems, the literature suggests it is not sufficient to address more severe problems. Method: An ABACDB reversal design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of praise, in-session reinforcement, and a visual cue + post-session reinforcement to increase solid food consumption in a nine-year-old boy with an intellectual disability who was completely dependent upon gastrostomy tube feeds. Results and Discussion: A combination of praise, in-session reinforcement, and the visual cue + post-session reinforcement was more effective at increasing bites consumed than praise combined with either one of the other two components. The results suggested a multiplicative effect. Multiple reinforcement components may be considered in the treatment of persons with feeding problems as either an alternative to escape extinction or a method of minimizing escape extinction.
AB - Background: While positive reinforcement is perhaps the most common component in interventions for feeding problems, the literature suggests it is not sufficient to address more severe problems. Method: An ABACDB reversal design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of praise, in-session reinforcement, and a visual cue + post-session reinforcement to increase solid food consumption in a nine-year-old boy with an intellectual disability who was completely dependent upon gastrostomy tube feeds. Results and Discussion: A combination of praise, in-session reinforcement, and the visual cue + post-session reinforcement was more effective at increasing bites consumed than praise combined with either one of the other two components. The results suggested a multiplicative effect. Multiple reinforcement components may be considered in the treatment of persons with feeding problems as either an alternative to escape extinction or a method of minimizing escape extinction.
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U2 - 10.1080/17518423.2019.1645223
DO - 10.1080/17518423.2019.1645223
M3 - Article
C2 - 31362567
AN - SCOPUS:85070248697
VL - 22
SP - 576
EP - 580
JO - Developmental Neurorehabilitation
JF - Developmental Neurorehabilitation
SN - 1751-8423
IS - 8
ER -