Table of Contents
Introduction 7
Author's Note 11
Part 1 Individual Case Studies 13
Chapter 1 Pouches, Please!-A Child Who Only Eats Fruit and Vegetable Puree Pouches 15
Activity: Tastes Test 47
Chapter 2 Can't Touch That!-A Child Who Is Sensitive to Everything 49
Activity: Sensory Play Bins 75
Chapter 3 He'd Like Fries with That-A Child Who Lives on Nuggets and French Fries 77
Activity: Building Food Bridges 101
Chapter 4 Can I Get a Lunch Pass?-A Child Who Can't Eat at School 105
Activity: Food for Fun 129
Chapter 5 Pizza Party-A Child Who Eats Pizza for Dinner Every Night 133
Activity: Grocery Games 154
Chapter 6 Double Trouble-Picky Eater Siblings 157
Activity: Discovering Dips 180
Chapter 7 A Table for One-? Child Who Eats Alone 185
Activity: Comfortable Cooking with a Timid Eater 210
Part 2 Intervention Plans 215
Ten Tips for Successfully Introducing New Foods 216
Chapter 8 What Meals Should Look Like 219
Selecting and Serving New Foods 228
Chapter 9 Strategies for introducing New Food to the Most Extreme Picky Eaters 231
Chapter 10 Encouraging Kids to Eat and interact with New Foods 235
Endnotes 246
Acknowledgments 252
About the Author 253
Index 254