NCT03756844

Effectiveness of the Just Right Challenge Food Club for Decreasing Food Selectivity and Increasing Mealtime Quality

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 7 (actual)
• Sponsor: Western Michigan University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 2 Years – 15 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This single subject study tested the effectiveness of the Just Right Challenge Food Club for decreasing food selectivity and increasing mealtime qualify for children with developmental disabilities.

Detailed description

This study used a single subject design to test the effectiveness of the Just Right Challenge Food Club for decreasing food selectivity and increasing mealtime quality for children with developmental disabilities. Baseline data was collected during the time that participants spent on the wait list for treatment. Treatment data was collected each week during treatment session. This protocol produced a significant change in both the number of foods the children in the study ate as well as the parents perception of mealtime quality.

Conditions

• Food Selectivity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Just Right Challenge Food Club	Systematic desensitization, positive reinforcement and escape extinction at a level of just right challenge.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-10-19
• Primary completion: 2017-12-12
• Completion: 2017-12-12
• First posted: 2018-11-28
• Last updated: 2018-11-30