Behavioral Feeding Therapy
Many children with and without disabilities have picky eating habits. Parents know that food refusal and selectivity can impact children’s health and growth, making mealtimes stressful for children and their families. For some children, challenging behavior during mealtimes, such as food refusal, tantrums, and even gagging and vomiting can result in even more stressful meals.
Behavioral Feeding Therapy utilizes evidence-based strategies to improve children’s eating and mealtime behavior. Instructional techniques are founded in the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), and data collection enables us to monitor progress and demonstrate improvement in feeding and mealtime behaviors. Families are considered central to the treatment team. When applicable, collaboration between home, school, and other therapy environments is encouraged. |