USING HIGH‐PROBABILITY FOODS TO INCREASE THE ACCEPTANCE OF LOW‐PROBABILITY FOODS

Abstract

Studies have evaluated a range of interventions to treat food selectivity in children with autism and related developmental disabilities. The high‐probability instructional sequence is one intervention with variable results in this area. We evaluated the effectiveness of a high‐probability sequence using 3 presentations of a preferred food on increasing acceptance in a child with autism who refused a few specific foods. The high‐probability sequence increased acceptance of 3 foods. We then systematically faded the intervention for 2 foods.