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A COMPARISON OF DIFFERENTIAL REINFORCEMENT AND NONCONTINGENT REINFORCEMENT TO TREAT FOOD SELECTIVITY IN A CHILD WITH AUTISM
Author(s) -
Allison Janelle,
Wilder David A,
Chong Ivy,
Lugo Ashley,
Pike Jessica,
Rudy Nikki
Publication year - 2012
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.2012.45-613
Subject(s) - reinforcement , autism , psychology , extinction (optical mineralogy) , differential reinforcement , developmental psychology , psychological intervention , clinical psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , paleontology , biology
We compared differential reinforcement plus escape extinction to noncontingent reinforcement plus escape extinction to treat food selectivity exhibited by a young child with autism. The interventions were equally effective for increasing bite acceptance and decreasing problem behaviors. However, a social validity measure suggested that noncontingent reinforcement was preferred by the child's caregiver.