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USE OF THE HIGH‐PROBABILITY INSTRUCTIONAL SEQUENCE AND ESCAPE EXTINCTION IN A CHILD WITH FOOD REFUSAL
Author(s) -
Dawson Jennifer E.,
Piazza Cathleen C.,
Sevin Bart M.,
Gulotta Charles S.,
Lerman Dorothea,
Kelley Mary Lou
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.2003.36-105
Subject(s) - extinction (optical mineralogy) , psychology , sequence (biology) , developmental psychology , social psychology , genetics , biology , paleontology
We used the high‐probability (high‐ p ) instructional sequence with and without escape extinction in the treatment of food refusal. Acceptance increased and refusal decreased only with the introduction of escape extinction. These results raise important questions about the high‐ p sequence in the treatment of food refusal.