- Due to the complex nature of pica, it is highly unlikely that only one or two treatment methods will be effective in eliminating the behavior.
- Clinicians typically begin with the least intrusive methods such as functional assessment and reinforcement methods to reduce pica behavior (Maston, Hattier, Belva, and Maston, 2013).
- More aversive methods have been used in the past, but practitioners are moving away from this practice and focusing more on positive procedures to guide their treatment plans or pica (Maston, et al., 2013).
- A special field of psychology called, Applied Behavior Analysis, has the most empirically supported data in the treatment of pica behavior.
- Specialists in this field typically work in teams to manage and reduce pica behaviors.