Applied behavior analysis in the treatment of mealtime tantrums and delay in self feeding in a multi‐handicapped child
- 1 December 1977
- journal article
- multihandicapped and-high-risk-children
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Clinical Child Psychology
- Vol. 6 (3) , 52-54
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15374417709532784
Abstract
Applied behavior analysis was used to treat the feeding problem of mealtime tantrums (crying and self‐injurious behavior) and delay in self feeding in a moderately retarded 6‐year‐old girl with microcephaly and microphthalmia. Treatment was conducted by a second year medical student without previous experience with this approach and subsequently by family members. The case and treatment procedures are discussed in terms of design considerations and the continuing efforts to delineate feeding problems in children and to treat these with a behavioral approach.Keywords
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