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Rivas, Kristi D.; Piazza, Cathleen C.; Kadey, Heather J.; Volkert, Valerie M.; Stewart, Victoria – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2011
Parents may be reluctant to treat the feeding disorder of a chronically ill child who exhibits distressed behavior during feeding. In this study, we identified a child with chronic medical problems and a feeding disorder who cried during feedings. We introduced treatment components sequentially to address parental concerns about crying. First, we…
Descriptors: Sequential Approach, Eating Disorders, Chronic Illness, Crying
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Oliver, Chris; Woodcock, Kate A.; Humphreys, Glyn W. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2009
Background: Repetitive questions and temper outbursts form part of the behavioural phenotype of Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). We investigated the phenomenology of temper outbursts in PWS and their relationship with other PWS behavioural characteristics. Method: Four individuals with PWS were observed (5-10 h), during a number of experimental and…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Crying, Coping, Phenomenology
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Lester, Barry M.; And Others – Child Development, 1991
The effects of fetal cocaine exposure on newborn cry characteristics were studied in 80 cocaine-exposed and 80 control infants. Findings were consistent with the notion that two neurobehavioral syndromes, excitable and depressed, can be described in cocaine-exposed infants and that these two syndromes are a result of direct neurotoxic effects and…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Birth Weight, Child Health, Cocaine