Treating Feeding Challenges in Autism Turning the Tables on Mealtime

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Treating Feeding Challenges in Autism: Turning the Tables on Mealtime

9780128135631    978-0128135631

Treating Feeding Challenges in Autism: Turning the Tables on Mealtime distills existing research on feeding disorders treatment into the very best, most effective and most practical strategies for practitioners to implement with their clients who have autism and other developmental and behavioral disorders. The book focuses on the few but highly effective feeding treatment procedures that work in the large percentage of cases.

The book describes each procedure in practical, how-to language, with the goal of explaining how to implement them in the real-life settings in which practitioners actually work. The book includes a large variety of sample datasheets, intervention plans and graphs of sample data to serve as practical examples to guide clinicians through the process of selecting, implementing, analyzing and troubleshooting feeding interventions.

Summarizes the basic behavioral principles underlying feeding disorders
Discusses the origin and function of feeding disorders
Details the assessment of feeding disorders
Covers practical issues related to feeding environment
Lists materials needed for implementing feeding interventions
Explains how to transfer strategies and procedures from the practitioner to parents and caregivers
Includes sample datasheets, intervention plans and graphs of sample data

Jonathan Tarbox  Taira Lanagan Bermudez