Join Us at “The Children’s Education Committee Meeting”:
Managing Mealtime Behaviors in Individuals with Autism:
Exploring the Autism-Picky Eating Connection
Target Audience – Parents and Providers
January 29, 2015 – 9:30am -12noon
15 West 65th Street – Guild Lighthouse – Manhattan
Mealtime behaviors can be very challenging for families of individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Recent research has found that children with ASD are five times more likely to experience mealtime difficulties including extremely narrow food selections, ritualistic eating behaviors, and mealtime-related tantrums (Sharp et al., 2013). Food selectivity, refusal, gagging— these are not only frustrating but scary because they are directly related to one’s health and wellbeing. This seminar will review the latest research findings surrounding mealtime problems in ASD, strategies for making mealtime fun and stress free, and will review the most well documented, positive approaches for both preventing and responding to mealtime behaviors.
Lisa Barzotto
Behavioral Psychologist
RSVP PLEASE: Valerie Raineri, Valerie.Raineri@ahrcnyc.org, 212-780-2535
The Children’s Committee is a sub-committee of the Manhattan Developmental Disabilities Council. The following is a brief summary of what we do. More Information on our website, see above.
- Meets monthly to assess and identify needs of the Manhattan Community.
- Advise the City and State about present priorities and gaps in services, plans for future needs.
- Recommend which proposals for new or continuing services that should be adopted by New York State funding sources.
- Educates families about the services available to people with ID/DD through an annual Family Support Fair about the services.
- Advocate for the creation or expansion of needed services through an annual Legislative Breakfast and visits to elected officials.
- Promote community acceptance of people with ID / DD.
- Provide a forum for people with disabilities and service providers to share concerns and information.