Following an intense injury caused by a baseball to the head, Nikki became scared of baseballs and refused to go back and play. Her fear then generalized to a wide variety of balls. Which of the following would be the best option for discrimination training?

Following an intense injury caused by a baseball to the head, Nikki became scared of baseballs and refused to go back and play. Her fear then generalized to a wide variety of balls. Which of the following would be the best option for discrimination training?




A)
Get Nikki to play catch with baseballs at different distances but don't allow any of them to hit her in the head.
B)
Get Nikki to play catch with a variety of balls besides baseballs at different distances without them hitting her in the head.
C)
Get Nikki to play catch with a variety of balls at different distances but allow her to get hit softly by everything except for baseballs.
D)
Get Nikki to play catch with a variety of balls and if she gets hit at all, reassure her that everything will be ok and nothing serious will happen.



Anaswer: B