Picky Eaters vs Problem Feeders vs Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) (TOOMEY HS 063505)

Course overview

Pediatric feeding disorders make it difficult or impossible for a child to eat, drink, or digest food normally, often compromising their health and development. The limited intake seen in these children reflects concerns such as: -Food aversions -Lack of interest in eating or food -Avoidance based on sensory characteristics of food -Fear of choking or other adverse consequences -Serious medical and psychological complications consist of: -Severe malnutrition -Growth failure -Marked interference with psychosocial functioning In this recording, feeding expert, Dr. Kay Toomey, who has over 30 years of clinical experience assessing and treating children with a wide range of feeding challenges, will show you clear guidelines to utilize the appropriate therapy approach. Learn practical therapeutic interventions to use with children from each diagnostic group and ways to improve family meal routines and increase childrens intake of more nutritious foods. -Identify physical, motor, sensory, oral-motor, environmental, nutritional and behavior factors necessary to consider, to properly assess feeding problems. -Delineate differential criteria for determining a childs diagnosis as a typical eater, picky eater, problem feeder or a child with ARFID. -Learn when to refer to a specialist for additional treatment