Wright, C. S., & Vollmer, T. R. (2002).
Evaluation of a treatment package to reduce rapid eating.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
35, 89-93.
We replicated and extended treatment procedures described by
Lennox, Miltenberger, and Donnelly (1987) designed to reduce
rapid eating. The participant was a 17-year-old girl with
developmental disabilities who engaged in dangerously high rates
of food ingestion. The procedure involved an adjusting
differential-reinforcement-of-low-rate-responding (DRL)
schedule, response blocking, and prompts. We evaluated a
continuation of the treatment despite initial negative side
effects that were similar to those reported by Lennox et al.
Results showed that the treatment package was effective and
negative side effects eventually decreased.
DESCRIPTORS: _differential reinforcement of low-rate responding,
rapid eating