Picky for Years? Chaining Therapy for ARFID and Extreme Selectivity
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What do I DO in my therapy sessions? I find “the daily calm” and help the kids relax. I teach them how to learn about a food with their senses. I teach them how to crumb and achieve a test bite and then I teach them the varying motor plans when eating new foods. I teach them about the rating scales and developing advanced eating skills. We look at the few foods they may eat now and then, and we try to eat them more frequently, expanding the core. I help them learn to rate new food experiences in the real world. I respect those ratings. I respect their yes and no responses. We develop the skills in order to double the core diet over and over. It is fun, it is freeing and it works.
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