Full text: Controlled case series demonstrates how parents can be trained to treat paediatric feeding disorders at home

Full text: Controlled case series demonstrates how parents can be trained to treat paediatric feeding disorders at home

Jun 4, 2020 | Featured, Publications

Author perspectives: “This is the most excited I have ever been about an article. I love the colourful pictures of real food the kids actually ate to show real life and easily relatable proof of the results…In the graphs, you can still see each kid’s individual results instead of being lumped into the group and how big the change was for each kid. This was three years of my own hands-on personal direct close hard work with each kid and family in their homes, rather than a large hospital with lots of teams and supervising staff. It is an entirely different special experience, especially seeing the huge impact on the families’ lives (seeing the kids eat with their siblings and family, at restaurants, at school)…”

Comparing behavioral treatment of feeding difficulties and tube dependence in children with cerebral palsy and autism spectrum disorder

Comparing behavioral treatment of feeding difficulties and tube dependence in children with cerebral palsy and autism spectrum disorder

Jun 23, 2017 | Publications

The reason we published this article is a good thing is therapy works regardless of the original cause, diagnosis, disability level, or tube status. Unfortunately, parents may be inappropriately told things about their child’s abilities or therapy options without assessment or treatment data to support that. However, treatment is tailored to each child and still works if they have skill needs or don’t speak or understand. The thought should not really be ‘if’ they can learn it, but ‘when’ or what it will take. It may just take more time, although still we’re just talking about weeks/months—not years.