TEACHING SELF-FEEDING SKILLS TO PATIENTS WITH RETT-SYNDROME

TEACHING SELF-FEEDING SKILLS TO PATIENTS WITH RETT-SYNDROME

Piazza C C; Anderson C; Fisher W

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

1993

Pediatrics; Neurosciences & Neurology; girls; splints; feeding difficulties; tone and motor problems; Rett syndrome; psychological intervention

Few studies have examined the extent to which functional hand-use may be taught to girls with Rett syndrome after those skills have been lost. In this investigation, five females with classic Rett syndrome taught to feed themselves using a method of prompting and reinforcement. All patients demonstrated improvements in their self-feeding skills. The results are discussed in terms of the factors that may influence the acquisition of skills in girls with Rett syndrome, and directions for future research and proposed.

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