Feeding Issues in People with Autism
Melissa Olive PhD, BCBA, discusses evidence-based strategies for helping children with autism learn to eat a wide variety of new foods. She suggests focusing on positive feeding environments and clear mealtime rules. The speaker demonstrates strategies for novel food presentation including hunger inducement and portion sizes for new foods. Olive details sequential, simultaneous, and negative reinforcement strategies, emphasizes the need to take it slow (start with kissing the food or having it on the plate). She touches on potential funding sources and provides resources before the Q&A.
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