A comparison of two multicomponent treatment packages for food refusal |
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| Authors: | Christina Alaimo Laura Seiverling Kisha Anderson Peter Sturmey |
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| Affiliation: | 1. The Graduate Center and Queens College (City University of New York), New York, NY, USA;2. St Mary's Hospital for Children, New York, NY, USA |
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| Abstract: | Food refusal is a severe feeding problem in which children refuse to eat all or most foods, which can be treated effectively using multicomponent intervention packages. This study compared two multicomponent treatment packages on food and drink consumption, inappropriate mealtime behavior, and total intake in a child with food refusal. Bite and drink consumption was consistently higher; inappropriate mealtime behavior was consistently lower; and total intake was greater when differential reinforcement of alternative behavior and escape extinction treatment were implemented compared to response cost, escape extinction, and differential reinforcement of alternative behavior. |
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