Telehealth Caregiver Training: Treating Food Selectivity without Extinction

<p>Telehealth behavioral interventions are becoming increasingly necessary given limited accessibility for in-person services; while there is a growing evidence-base for these interventions, there are few applications for pediatric feeding disorders. Those studies that have evaluated telehealth feeding interventions have done so only after children received some form of in-person services. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a telehealth caregiver training package to teach caregivers to implement an alternative to escape extinction feeding intervention in their home to treat their child’s food selectivity. All three caregivers demonstrated high levels of correct performance following training and all children demonstrated increases in the number of bites consumed and decreases in disruptive behaviors. Findings suggest telehealth caregiver training may be a viable option to treat food selectivity.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor

The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York

Year dc:date.available

2021

Author dc:creator

• Alaimo, Christina M

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Emily Jones

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Patricia D'Ateno
• Laura Seiverling
• Keith Williams
• Valerie Volkert

• Applied Behavior Analysis
• telehealth
• food selectivity
• caregiver training
• behavioral skills training
• general-case training
• alternatives to escape extinction

Repository record dc:identifier

https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/4552

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:academicworks.cuny.edu:gc_etds-5700