Autisms Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are characterized by core symptoms (social
communication and restricted and repetitive behaviors) and related comorbidities, including …

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 …

Continuing the tradition of excellence established in previous editions, distinguished
researcher, practitioner, and educator Alan Kazdin integrates pioneering and recent …

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 …

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 measure children's consumption of, and liking for, fruit and vegetables and
how these are altered by a peer modelling and rewards-based intervention. Design: In this …

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 …

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 …

Differential reinforcement of alternative behavior (DRA) is one of the most common behavior
analytic interventions used to decrease unwanted behavior. We reviewed the DRA literature …

Although the effects of negative reinforcement on human behavior have been studied for a
number of years, a comprehensive body of applied research does not exist at this time. This …