Behavioral Training for Increasing Preschool Children's Adherence with Positive Airway Pressure: A Preliminary Study
Product Description:
Behavioral training was implemented to increase adherence with positive airway pressure (PAP) in 4 preschool children. The training employed distraction, counterconditioning, graduated exposure, differential reinforcement, and escape extinction. A non-concurrent multiple baseline experimental design was used to demonstrate program effects. Initially, the children displayed distress and escape-avoidance behavior when PAP was attempted. With training, all 4 children tolerated PAP while sleeping for age appropriate durations. For the 3 children with home follow-up data, the parents maintained benefits. The results are discussed in relation to behavior principles, child health, and common barriers to PAP adherence.
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Peer-reviewed publications in scholarly journals Published/In Press
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Consumers/Families, Professionals, Students
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Electronic (disc, CD, 508 compliant web posting)
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