Just Take a Bite: Easy, Effective Answers to Food Aversions and Eating Challenges!

Winner of an iParenting Media Award!

Is your child a picky eater, or a full-fledged resistant eater? Does he or she eat only 3-20 foods, refusing all others, eat from only one food group, or gag, tantrum, or become anxious if you introduce new foods? If so, you have a resistant eater. Learn the possible causes, when you need professional help, and how to deal with the behavior at home. Learn why "don't play with your food" and "clean your plate"--along with many other old saws--are just plain wrong. And who said you have to eat dessert last? Get ready to have some stereotypes shattered!

Helpful chapters include:

• Who Are Resistant eaters?
• Oral-Motor Development
• Environmental and Behavioral Factors Contributing to Problems with Eating
• Designing and Implementing a Comprehensive Treatment Plan
• Stages of Sensory Development for Eating
• A Recipe for Success

And more!


About the Author
Lori Ernsperger has more than 17 years experience working in public schools as an autism and behavioural consultant and a teacher. She has had extensive training working with students who have behaviour disorders, particularly those on the autism spectrum. She has a bachelors, masters and doctorate in Special Education. Tania Stegen-Hanson is a paediatric occupational therapist. She has over 10 years experience in therapy, consultation and in-service training to school systems and private practices in South Africa and the USA. She is the owner of the Achievement Therapy Centre, a paediatric occupational therapy practice in Las Vegas. She specialises in sensory integration therapy, oral-motor therapy, neuro-developmental therapy and feeding disorders.