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Teaching children to identify and avoid food allergens using behavioral skills training
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Teaching children to identify and avoid food allergens using behavioral skills training

JOURNAL OF APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS, v 56(3), p565
Jun 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.999
PMID: 37211918
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Abstract

Allergic reactions to allergenic foods can pose a lethal threat to children with food allergies. Previous research has demonstrated the effectiveness of using behavioral skills training (BST) plus in situ training (IST) to teach safety responses to children. However, there has not been an evaluation of using BST to teach food safety to children with food allergies. Three elementary-school children of neurotypical development with food allergies participated. We evaluated the efficacy of BST with IST in teaching participants to identify and respond to allergenic foods by (a) asking to see the food packaging, (b) scanning the food label for the allergenic food, and (c) reporting the safety threat to an adult while not consuming the food. Trials without allergenic foods were also presented to ensure discriminated responding. All participants demonstrated the three correct safety responses after BST and responded differentially across allergenic and nonallergenic foods, with two participants requiring feedback (IST).

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Psychology, Clinical
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