This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Luiselli, J. K. Articles by Luiselli, T. E. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

A Behavior Analysis Approach Toward Chronic Food Refusal in Children with Gastrostomy-Tube Dependency

Psychological & Educational Resource Associates

Tracy Evans Luiselli

New England Center for Deaf--Blind Services

This report describes a behavior analysis treatment approach to establish oral feeding in children with multiple developmental disabilities and gastrostomy-tube dependency. Pretreatment screening, functional assessment, and treatment components are reported as implemented within a behavioral consultation model. Various aspects of intervention are presented, including strategies to teach children to accept food orally, reinforce consumption, and gradually eliminate tube feedings. A clinical case study is presented to illustrate the sequence and methodology of oral feeding treatment. Critical features of the treatment approach are discussed.

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, Vol. 15, No. 1, 1-18 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/027112149501500103


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?

This article has been cited by other articles:

				J. K. Luiselli Cueing, Demand Fading, and Positive Reinforcement to Establish Self-Feeding and Oral Consumption in a Child with Chronic Food Refusal Behav Modif, July 1, 2000; 24(3): 348 - 358. [Abstract] [PDF]