Although many children experience problems with swallowing pills little research to date has focused on the acquisition and maintenance of this skill The current report summarizes the implementation of a multimodal treatment package for the training of pill-swallowig in a noncompliant 9-year-old boy with acute lymphocytic leukemia The treatment package consisted of relaxation strategies behavioral modeling, shaping procedures, and a reward program for the child in conjunction with behavior management training for the childs mother Successful pill-swallowing was obtained within 3 weeks with continued maintenance after 3 months A protocol for training pill-swallowing is proposed.
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