Hi and welcome to What Works Wednesdays where the focus is usually the description of a successful case story. Today’s story actually comes from a popular video. In this video, the photographers captured the faces of several young children as they tried new food for the first time. Matt Gilmour, the creative director and Hugh Miller, the cinematographer, capture the children’s reactions in 500 frames per second.
As a BCBA who has helped many, many children learn to eat new foods, I cannot help but recognize that the children in this video are not scared. The children in the video are willingly trying new food. Sadly, for children who have autism, trying new foods does not look like this. Trying new foods can result in aggressive behaviors, self-injurious behaviors, even vomiting!
However, after effective behavioral feeding therapy, children with autism can learn to try [and like] new foods. If you have a child who engages in picky eating, reach out for assistance from a behavioral feeding program; mealtime does not have to be stressful.
Related Articles
- Laura’s Story (Kennedy Krieger Pediatric Feeding Disorders Program)
- The A Word, Part 39: Feeding (Center for Autism and Related Disorders Blog)
- Eczema and Milk (Applied Behavioral Strategies Blog)
- Day 1 of Feeding Therapy (Applied Behavioral Strategies Blog)
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