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STIMULUS FADING AND DIFFERENTIAL REINFORCEMENT FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEEDLE PHOBIA IN A YOUTH WITH AUTISM
Author(s) -
Shabani Daniel B.,
Fisher Wayne W.
Publication year - 2006
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.2006.30-05
Subject(s) - phobias , autism , differential reinforcement , reinforcement , stimulus (psychology) , fading , psychology , stimulus control , audiology , clinical psychology , specific phobia , developmental psychology , psychiatry , medicine , psychotherapist , anxiety , anxiety disorder , social psychology , nicotine , telecommunications , decoding methods , computer science
Stimulus fading in the form of gradually increased exposure to a fear‐evoking stimulus, often combined with differential reinforcement, has been used to treat phobias in children who are otherwise normal and in children with autism. In this investigation, we applied stimulus fading plus differential reinforcement with an adolescent with autism and diabetes whose needle phobia had prevented medical monitoring of his blood glucose levels for over 2 years. Results showed that the treatment was successful in obtaining daily blood samples for measuring glucose levels.