Using a fading procedure to increase fluid consumption in a child with feeding problems.

Patel, M. R., Piazza, C. C., Kelly, M. L., Ochsner, C. A., & Santana, C. M. (2001). Using a fading procedure to increase fluid consumption in a child with feeding problems. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 34, 357-360.

Stimulus fading was combined with differential reinforcement and extinction to increase intake of a calorie-dense fluid by a 6-year-old child with feeding problems. The fading procedure consisted of adding Carnation Instant Breakfast™ and then milk to water (a fluid the child would drink).

DESCRIPTORS: _fading, food refusal, food selectivity, pervasive developmental disorder