Resources

Below are some resources you may find helpful.

This information is provided for reference only. The content is not intended to advertise specific outcomes or create unreasonable expectations. Therapeutic decisions should be made in consultation with a registered health practitioner. Information provided is not a substitute for professional medical advice.

Free 2-page Overview on Paediatric Feeding with Fillable Checklist

What you may be seeing and why, and the importance of timely proper support
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Free informational videos and easy reads from the leading experts in the field and the world’s original and largest paediatric feeding programme (Johns Hopkins/Kennedy Krieger Institute/KKI)

“Kennedy Krieger is a very special place: A place where hope is alive and well, futures are found, lives are transformed, dreams are fulfilled, and possibilities are pursued, every single day.”

Kennedy Krieger Institute & The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

"Unleashing Potential, Pursuing Possible, One Child at a Time", https://www.kennedykrieger.org/patient-care/centers-and-programs/feeding-disorders-program

“Eating” (2023) by Drs. Tessa and Sarah Ann Taylor in: “The Big Issues: Sleeping, Toilet Training, and Eating” in:

“A fully updated edition of the widely praised and most trusted Australian guide on how to raise a child with autism spectrum disorder.” “Advice from leading world experts delivers the information you can TRUST.”

Benison O'Reilly and Seana Smith's

Australian Autism Handbook: The Essential Guide to Parenting a Child on the Autism Spectrum (4th ed., pp. 172-176), Ventura Press. https://www.venturapress.com.au/non-fiction#/australian-autism-handbook

Australasia’s Feeding Tube Awareness Week (FTAW)

ausEE Inc., a charity dedicated to improving lives affected by an eosinophilic disease

FTAW's Virtual Education Program, https://ausee.org/ & https://feedingtubeaware.com.au/

From Tube Feeding to Eating: Home-Based Behavioural Intervention by Drs. Sarah and Tessa Taylor (ClinPsych), 2022

https://feedingtubeaware.com.au/events/virtualeducation/

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Social validity, ABA, paediatric feeding, satisfaction, acceptability, positive results, tube weaning journey, eosinophilic esophagitis, eoe, ausEE, ARFID

the blend.

“New here? Here’s us, nutshell-ed:
The Blend is a lifestyle magazine for people and families who tube-feed.
It shares stories and advice from the global tube-feeding community, exploring the practical and emotional sides of adjusting to this different – but no less worthy – way to thrive.”

“The BLEND is a free, magazine-style resource designed to inform, comfort and inspire people and families who tube-feed. Published annually during Feeding Tube Awareness Week…”

Melanie Dimmitt

Editor, https://www.theblendmag.com/

Taylor, T. with Mitchell, A. (2024). Keen to Wean? Two experts share their advice on making the transition from tube-feeding to oral eating. In M. Dimmitt (Ed.) The Blend, 3, pg. 66.

https://www.theblendmag.com/professional-perspectives/keen-to-wean  

Taylor, T. (2025). ARFID Explained: It unpacks as Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder—and it’s getting around. Dr. Tessa Taylor, founder of Paediatric Feeding International, gives us the downlow on this feeding difficulty. In M. Dimmitt (Ed.) The Blend, 4, pg. 96.

https://www.theblendmag.com/professional-perspectives/arfid-explained 

Our Publication Featured by the Association for Science in Autism Treatment (ASAT):

Research synopsis on evidence-based therapy for paediatric feeding/ARFID

“We published the March 2022 issue of Science in Autism Treatment earlier this month. In this month’s issue, Sheila Klick, MEd, BCBA and Dr. Mary Jane Weiss, highlight the importance of carefully searching for and selecting, evidence-based treatment options when children are experiencing feeding issues. While reviewing research by Taylor & Taylor (2021), the authors describe how current recommendations may not align with current research, and how parents can beware of adverse reactions to these treatment options.”
Taylor, S. & Taylor, T. (2021). The distance between empirically-supported treatment and actual practice for paediatric feeding problems: An international clinical perspective. International Journal of Child and Adolescent Health, 14(1), 3-15.
Sheila Klick & Dr. Mary Jane Weiss

Association for Science in Autism Treatment (ASAT), https://asatonline.org/research-treatment/research-synopses/treatment-for-pediatric-feeding-problems/

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