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. 2011 Summer;44(2):381-5.
doi: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-381.

Establishing compliance with liquid medication administration in a child with autism

Averil Schiff  1 , Jonathan Tarbox, Taira Lanagan, Peter Farag
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Establishing compliance with liquid medication administration in a child with autism

Averil Schiff et al. J Appl Behav Anal. 2011 Summer.

Abstract

Children with autism often display difficulty with swallowing pills and liquid medications. In the current study, stimulus fading and positive reinforcement established compliance with liquid medication administration in a young boy with autism. The boy's mother eventually administered liquid medication on her own.

Keywords: autism; liquid medication; stimulus fading.

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Percentage of trials with correct responding (top) and avoidance (bottom), during baseline, treatment, and probe sessions implemented by the clinician and treatment sessions implemented by the mother. The step of the fading procedure being implemented during a session is depicted by the gray column (right y axis).
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