Tasting Time

Heather Bowditch, OTR/L, MA, LMFT, Occupational Therapist, Christine Viggiano, MS, OTR/L, Occupational Therapist, and Brittany Johansen, MA, CCC, Speech/Language Pathologist – The Center for Autism.  This presentation will identify and discuss common challenges specific to motor and sensory impairments, food refusal, food selectivity by type, meal-time routine, and food selectivity by texture in children with an autism spectrum disorder.  Strategies that will assist a child who has challenges with feeding and eating are discussed.  The “Tasting Time Intervention” utilized at The Center in Autism will be described.