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Although many children with developmental disabilities have food selectivity, few studies have evaluated in-home parent training to address this feeding problem. In the present case, a parent learned to implement a multicomponent feeding intervention with her child through home-based training provided by a consultant. Using a changing criterion evaluation design, the child’s consumption of previously rejected foods increased during the two-phase intervention that combined antecedent and positive reinforcement procedures. The benefits of “natural context” parent training for the treatment of child-feeding problems are discussed.
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Gentry, J.A., Luiselli, J.K. Treating a Child’s Selective Eating Through Parent Implemented Feeding Intervention in the Home Setting. J Dev Phys Disabil 20, 63–70 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-007-9080-6
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