Single Stimulus Preference Assessment

Child: ______Date: ______Evaluator: ______

Provide your child with one bite of each food before starting. This is pre-sampling. Write the names of the foods assessed on each numbered line below. Present each food one at a time in the order specified in the table. Write Y if your child selected and consumed the item within 5 s. Write N if your child did not select and consume the item within 5 s., and initiate the next trial.

Foods:

1.  ______2. ______3. ______4. ______5. ______

6. ______7. ______8. ______9. ______10. ______

# / Y/N / # / Y/N / # / Y/N / # / Y/N / # / Y/N
1 / 7 / 3 / 2 / 5
4 / 1 / 9 / 3 / 3
5 / 3 / 1 / 4 / 4
10 / 2 / 4 / 5 / 2
3 / 1 / 8 / 8 / 10
1 / 6 / 5 / 6 / 6
3 / 10 / 1 / 7 / 3
4 / 9 / 7 / 10 / 9
5 / 7 / 8 / 5 / 7
2 / 9 / 2 / 9 / 9
5 / 8 / 9 / 1 / 6
6 / 2 / 4 / 10 / 9
7 / 7 / 6 / 3 / 2
1 / 10 / 4 / 8 / 1
6 / 5 / 10 / 10 / 8
4 / 10 / 2 / 9 / 5
7 / 2 / 5 / 7 / 3
8 / 3 / 4 / 1 / 6
2 / 6 / 8 / 10 / 4
9 / 8 / 6 / 8 / 7

1. # selected/consumed _____/10 = _____% 6. # selected/consumed _____/10 = _____%

2. # selected/consumed _____/10 = _____% 7. # selected/consumed _____/10 = _____%

3. # selected/consumed _____/10 = _____% 8. # selected/consumed _____/10 = _____%

4. # selected/consumed _____/10 = _____% 9. # selected/consumed _____/10 = _____%

5. # selected/consumed _____/10 = _____% 10. # selected/consumed _____/10 = ____%

Pace, G. M., Ivancic, M. T., Edwards, G. L., Iwata, B. A., & Page, T. J. (1985). Assessment of

stimulus preference and reinforcer value with profoundly retarded individuals. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 18, 249-255.