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A Single Subject Evaluation of the K-P Diet for Hyperkinesis

Jocelyn A. Burlton-Bennet is an educational psychologist at Birkenhead Psychological Service, Auckland, New Zealand. She received a masters'degree in education and a diploma in educational psychology from the University of Auckland. Her most recently completed research project involved senior low progress readers in peer tutoring of junior children with poor oral language. Address: J. Burlton-Bennet, Birkenhead Psychological Service, P.O. Box 34-250, Birkenhead, Auckland 10, New Zealand.

Viviane M. J. Robinson

Viviane M.J. Robinson is currently a senior lecturer in education at the University of Auckland. She has a PhD in clinical psychology and public practice from Harvard University. Her current research interests are in interpersonal effectiveness and consultation and their implications for the role of the psychologist.

A single subject ABAB design was employed to determine the effectiveness of the Feingold Kaiser Permanente (K-P) diet in the treatment of a 6-year-old hyperkinetic male hypothesized to be diet-responsive. Secondary aims were to assess both the nutritional adequacy of the diet and the problems involved in implementing it. Diet effectiveness was measured by classroom observations ofattending-to-task, out-ofseat, and movement behaviors; and by teacher and foster-mother reports. It was concluded that the K-P diet was effective in controlling the subject's hyperkinesis. The diet was also shown to be nutritionally adequate and moderately difficult to implement.

Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 20, No. 6, 331-335 (1987)
DOI: 10.1177/002221948702000605


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