About this Webinar
Working with a picky eater? Join us as we discuss selective eating in children with autism and interventions for increasing diet variety.
This webinar is eligible for 1 General CE.
Our Next Guest: A Conversation with Drs. Bridget Taylor & Keith Williams
Selective eating is common among children with special needs and children with autism spectrum in particular. Keith will discuss possible reasons for selective eating. He will also discuss selective eating as a spectrum problem and why the failure to conceptualize selective eating in this manner can be problematic. He will also talk about the role of repeated exposure in the development of taste preferences and how a range of interventions can incorporate repeated exposure to increase diet variety.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of the presentation, participants will be able to:
- Discuss the role of repeated taste exposure in the development of taste preferences.
- Discuss the incorporation of fading into an intervention for increasing diet variety.
- Discuss the importance of motivating operations for feeding interventions.
About the Guest Speaker
Keith Williams, Ph.D, BCBA
Director of Feeding Program for Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Professor of Pediatrics for Penn State College of Medicine, Author
Keith has over 35 years of experience working with children with feeding problems. He has been the Director of the Feeding Program at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center for 25 years and is a Professor of Pediatrics at the Penn State College of Medicine. He has over 70 publications in peer reviewed journals, book chapters, and books. His latest book was Broccoli Boot Camp with Laura Seiverling.
Keith is a licensed psychologist and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. He is the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Association of Behavior Analysis (PennABA). He was a Fulbright Global Health Specialist to the National University of Ireland.
