A child's incessant screaming, spitting, and food throwing during mealtime are enough to frustrate any parent or caregiver! Continuous resistance to eating not only leads to malnourishment, but physical and intellectual developmental become additional concerns. Invariably, the underlying reason(s) for refusing to eat will differ from child to child, so the focus should be on improving or resolving the eating problem. This is a two-part book written for caregivers and professionals who work with children with feeding problems. It presents behavioral interventions and approaches on solving a child's resistance to eating. * Part One was specifically written for teachers, parents, and caregivers with no prior professional experience or training on feeding problems. * Part Two was written for professionals, providing detailed information on how to apply behavioral assessment and developing individualized interventions based on a child's eating behaviors. The behavioral interventions and procedures presented in this book can also be integrated into oral motor or dysphagia therapy. Includes references and brief descriptions.

Treating Eating Problems of Children w/ Autism Spectrum Disorders and Developmental Disabilities: Interventions for Professionals and Parents

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Williams, Keith E.

Mental Health

PRO-ED PUBLISHERS

Are you dealing with a picky eater? Then welcome to Broccoli Boot Camp - the informative and accessible resource for parents challenged by selective eaters! 
This comprehensive guide can be used with children with or without special needs (e.g., autism or Down syndrome). It presents commonsense behavioral interventions to expand children's diet variety and preferences for healthy foods. 
Broccoli Boot Camp will help you with the strategies to shape eating behavior. Parents can choose the intervention which works best for their family's circumstances. The book not only could change the child's life, but it can also help parents eliminate their stress with the greatest panacea of all knowledgeable understanding. Editorial Reviews 
This is an incredibly well-researched, informative, and accessible resource for parents challenged by selective eating. Broccoli Boot Camp is a must-read, whether your child is a picky eater or demonstrates more significant issues. 
--David Celiberti, Ph.D., BCBA-D, Association for Science in Autism Treatment 
Feeding their children is perhaps the most basic job assigned to parents but also one that can be the most challenging. The consequences of inadequate nutrition multiply quickly and the ways determined children can defy parental efforts to promote good eating habits are many and maddening. Although billed as a book for parents, and it is truly an invaluable resource for them, it is also a tremendous resource for the professionals who serve them. 
--Patrick C. Friman, Ph.D., ABPP, Vice President of Behavioral Health, Boys Town Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UNMC 
Forget kid-friendly menus or hiding vegetables in a cake. This book offers techniques that can actually help a child to enjoy eating greens for their own sake and to develop into an adult with a varied palate. For any parent struggling to feed a picky child, this book is a treasure trove of useful, evidence-based information and advice. I wish I'd had it when my own children were toddlers. I found wisdom on every page. Keith Williams and Laura Seiverling understand that every family is different but they also understand what works and what doesn't when it comes to learning new tastes. Most new parents know that multiple taste exposures are the key, but the difficult part is getting a child who is scared of new foods to experience those multiple taste exposures. There is no magic bullet, but Broccoli Boot Camp draws on the authors' extensive clinical knowledge to show how to create positive and patient methods for tasting new foods that work for you and your child. With their mantra that 'liking comes later', family mealtimes can stop being a battle. 
--Bee Wilson, author of First Bite: How We Learn to Eat (Basic Books) 
About the Authors 
Keith Williams is a licensed psychologist and Board Certified Behavior Analyst. He is the Director of the Feeding Program at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center, and a Professor of Pediatrics at the Penn State College of Medicine. He is the author of book chapters, articles, and a book, Treating Eating Problems of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Developmental Disabilities.\nLaura Seiverling is a licensed psychologist and Board Certified Behavior Analyst. Previously at St. Mary’s Hospital for Children’s Center for Pediatric Feeding Disorders in Bayside, New York, serving as both psychologist and clinical supervisor for the program, she now holds an Assistant Teaching Professor position at Ball State University. She is the author of numerous book chapters and articles.

Broccoli Boot Camp: Basic Training for Parents of Selective Eaters

Parenting & Relationships

Seiverling, Laura J

Parenting

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