Pediatric feeding disorders are common: 25% of children are reported to present with some
form of feeding disorder. This number increases to 80% in developmentally delayed …

A systematic review of the literature regarding treatment of pediatric feeding disorders was
conducted. Articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals (1970–2010) evaluating treatment of …

For over 50 years, intervention methods informed by the principles of applied behavior
analysis (ABA) have been empirically researched and clinically implemented for …

The purpose of the current investigation was to apply the functional analysis described by
Iwata, Dorsey, Slifer, Bauman, and Richman (1982/1994) to the inappropriate mealtime …

OBJECTIVE: To identify treatment studies for severe pediatric feeding problems that meet
the modified methodological criteria of the Task Force on Promotion and Dissemination of …

To date, no standardized measures have been developed to evaluate the mealtime
behavior of children with autism. The Brief Autism Mealtime Behavior Inventory (BAMBI) was …

We compared the effects of positive reinforcement alone, escape extinction alone, and
positive reinforcement with escape extinction in the treatment of the food and fluid refusal of …

Chronic food refusal has traditionally been treated with forced feeding and other physical
prompting-based procedures when positive reinforcement procedures prove inadequate …

One hundred and forty‐three healthy children between six months and two years of age
were studied to determine the effect of food texture on chewing duration. Texture determined …

There is abundant research to support that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
exhibit challenging feeding behaviors. Despite increase in empirical evidence supporting …