Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating: A Step-by-Step Guide for Overcoming Selective Eating, Food Aversion, and Feeding Disorders

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Review ------ "What I appreciate most about "Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating" is its respectful approach for both parents and children. It offers parents hope, understanding, and practical strategies that really work. Based on sound research and a true understanding of children, it gently but confidently guides families through the steps of building a y relationship with food." --Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, EdD, licensed teacher, parent educator, and author of "Raising Your Spirited Child" "Katja Rowell and Jenny McGlothlin "get "the anxiety and many challenges both children and families feel when children are highly selective eaters! They offer sensitive, thoughtful, and practical suggestions to support families in their journey toward happier and ier mealtimes." --Marsha Dunn Klein, MEd, OTR/L, FAOTA, pediatric therapist, educator, author, and co-owner of Mealtime Connections, a pediatric therapy clinic in Tucson, AZ ""Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating" is wonderful! I currently work with a young male client who struggles with eating, and I can honestly say that this information is so crucial for even mental therapists who are working to help families dealing with feeding issues. I wish all school counselors could have access to this material. The material in this book has assisted me in helping my client's family in a way that I was struggling to before reading! Thank you for writing this tremendously helpful text!" --Christine J. Schimmel, EdD, NCC, LPC, assistant professor of counseling at West Virginia University and author of numerous texts and articles on impact therapy, a multisensory, creative approach to counseling and group counseling What I appreciate most about "Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating" is its respectful approach for both parents and children. It offers parents hope, understanding, and practical strategies that really work. Based on sound research and a true understanding of children, it gently but confidently guides families through the steps of building a y relationship with food. Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, EdD, licensed teacher, parent educator, and author of "Raising Your Spirited Child"" Finally, an antidote to the infuriating trend of books about tricking children into eating. Rowell and McGlothlin expertly illuminate the complex emotional world of children with extreme picky eating and the caregivers who struggle to feed them. "Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating" is a masterpiece of practical strategies, compassion, and reassurance that s perfect for parents, pediatricians, and anyone who remembers hating just one more bite. Jessica Setnick, MS, RD, CEDRD, pediatric eating disorder spet, cofounder of the International Federation of Eating Disorder Dietitians, and author of "The Eating Disorders Clinical Pocket Guide" " With the persistent challenge of classification and of feeding problems, eating disorder professionals are increasingly charged with treating children with feeding difficulties, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) cases, and selective eating. This book is an invaluable resource for eating disorder (ED) professionals in need of a thorough introduction to the spectrum of selective eating issues that may be outside their primary area of expertise, from typical picky eating to more pervasive food aversions. The authors expert handling of this topic will empower both professionals and parents to better understand and support their selective eaters. Katherine Zavodni, MPH, RD, LDN, registered dietitian specializing in outpatient tion therapy for eating disorders, family tion and childhood feeding, and intuitive eating" Katja Rowell and Jenny McGlothlin "get "the anxiety and many challenges both children and families feel when children are highly selective eaters! They offer sensitive, thoughtful, and practical suggestions to support families in their journey toward happier and ier mealtimes. Marsha Dunn Klein, MEd, OTR/L, FAOTA, pediatric therapist, educator, author, and co-owner of Mealtime Connections, a pediatric therapy clinic in Tucson, AZ" Lots of books promise to help solve picky eating problems, but this one actually does! Rowell and McGlothlin have put together a comprehensive masterpiece. Skye Van Zetten, blogger at mealtimehostage.com" Finally! Not just an acknowledgment, but an exploration and even a how-to manual on dealing with the long-neglected missing piece of pediatric feeding therapythe emotional dynamic for both the child and the parent! Let s face it, eating is not just about tion. It s also about enjoyment and family relationships. This gets lost amidst and medical concerns when a child severely limits his eating. Katja Rowell and Jenny McGlothlin have given us a for restoring and healing these components as well. Parents and therapists alike will be profoundly grateful. Jennifer Meyer, MA, CCC-SLP, cocreator of care-to-collaborate.com, and popular international speaker in the areas of pediatric dysphagia and neonatal therapy" Finally, there s a solid resource for families who struggle with extreme picky eating! Rowell and McGlothlin leave no stone unturned as they help parents navigate all aspects of their child s eating, from the how of family dinners to decisions about feeding therapy. I will recommend this book again and again. Maryann Jacobsen, MS, RD, author, blogger, speaker, and coauthor of "Fearless Feeding"" Book Description ---------------- Is your child an extremely picky eater? Do you worry that he or she might not be getting the ents they need? In Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating, a family doctor offers a clinically proven program to help you support y and balanced eating habits in your child, maintain their y weight, and end meal-time anxiety once and for all.