Treating Feeding Challenges in Autism

1. Introduction
2. Medical and Behavioral Origins of Feeding Problems
3. Preparing for Meals
4. Treatment Components: Positive Reinforcement and Escape Extinction
5. Treatment Components: Antecedent Variables
6. Common Treatment Packages
7. Treatment Management
8. Caregiver Training and Follow-Up
9. Troubleshooting

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

Teachers, Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs), entry-level paraprofessionals who work directly with children with ASD. Centers for autism will be interested in purchasing multiple copies of this manual for those they are training