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Project Element	Element Description
Project Title Project Title	A comparison of mixed and multiple schedules for the treatment of pica
Principal Investigator Principal Investigator	Sassi, Jess
Description Description	The purpose of this study is to assess whether a Differential Reinforcement of Alternative behavior procedure (teaching an exchange of inedible items for edible items) for pica is effective without response blocking (physically preventing the participant from ingesting the inedible item). If not, (that is, if you must include blocking as part of the initial treatment), we evaluated whether the schedule of response blocking and reinforcement for item exchange could be faded while still maintaining low rates of pica. Fading procedures included conditions with signals for when reinforcement and blocking were in effect (the multiple schedule condition) to conditions without signals (the mixed schedule condition). Data to be presented at ABAI 2018
Funder Funder	The New England Center for Children
Funding Country Funding Country	United States
Fiscal Year Funding Fiscal Year Funding	4500
Current Award Period Current Award Period	2016
Strategic Plan Question Strategic Plan Question	Question 4: Which Treatments and Interventions Will Help?
Funder’s Project Link Funder’s Project Link	No URL available.
Institution Institution	The New England Center for Children
Institute Location Institute Location	United States
Project Number Project Number
Government or Private Government or Private	Private
History/Related Projects History/Related Projects	A comparison of mixed and multiple schedules for the treatment of pica \| 4750 \| 2017 \| A comparison of mixed and multiple schedules for the treatment of pica \| 0 \| 2018 \|

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