Behavioral Feeding Intervention with Deaf-Blind, Multihandicapped Children

Abstract

This research evaluated the behavioral treatment of self-feeding deficits in two multihandicapped, deaf-blind children. Procedures were implemented by direct-care staff within a residential school program. Functional assessment was preformed using single-case reversal designs. For each child, treatment increased feeding responses substantially over baseline levels. The results extend the application of behavioral feeding interventions to an understudied clinical population.