EVALUATION OF AN AWARENESS ENHANCEMENT DEVICE FOR THE TREATMENT OF THUMB SUCKING IN CHILDREN

• Published in: Journal of applied behavior analysis Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 77 - 80
• Main Authors: Stricker, Jason M., Miltenberger, Raymond G., Garlinghouse, Matthew A., Deaver, Cristine M., Anderson, Christopher A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2001; Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
• Subjects: Adolescent; automatic contingency delivery procedures; automatic reinforcement; Awareness; awareness enhancement device; Behavior; Behavior modification; Behavior therapy. Cognitive therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child Behavior Disorders - prevention & control; Children & youth; Equipment and Supplies - standards; Extinction, Psychological; Fingersucking - psychology; habit behaviors; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Psychology; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Therapy; thumb sucking; Treatments; Human; School age; Treatment; Thumb; Adolescent; Instrumentation; Instrumental conditioning; Sucking; Behavior therapy; Child
• ISSN: 0021-8855; 1938-3703
• DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2001.34-77

An evaluation of the awareness enhancement device (AED) described by Rapp, Miltenberger, and Long (1998) was conducted with 2 children who engaged in thumb sucking past the age at which it was developmentally appropriate. The AED effectively suppressed thumb sucking for both children. Future research evaluating the AED is discussed.