There’s a big difference between fear of broccoli and refusal of vegetables when observing young children’s general food pickiness. And while many treatments are available for severe food refusal, what’s a parent to do for less severe but challenging food selectivity? This week Dr. Holly Gover joins us to talk about treatments for increasing food acceptability with children without the use of extinction procedures. Hopefully this will get Rob to finish all of his Brussels sprouts.

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Articles discussed this episode:

Gover, H.C., Hanley, G.P., & Ruppel, K.W. On the generality of preference for contingent reinforcement. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 55, 318-336. doi: 10.1002/jaba.892

Gover, H.C., Hanley, G.P., Ruppel, K.W., Landa, R.K., & Marcus, J. (2023). Prioritizing choice and assent in the assessment and treatment of food selectivity. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 69, 53-605. doi: 10.1080/20473869.2022.2123196

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