Poster Session
Issue Date: August 2020
Published Online: August 01, 2020
Updated: September 09, 2020
Feeding Challenges in Children With Autism and the Relationship With Parent and Child Outcomes
Brittany St. John, MS, OTR/L; Muhammad Al-Heizan, PhD; Molly Hamre, MS, OTR/L; Kate Dorrance, MS, OTR/L; Colleen Althoff, MS, OTR/L; Karla Ausderau, PhD, OTR/L
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA
  • Waisman Center, Madison, WI, USA, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA
Article Information
Autism/Autism Spectrum Disorder / Pediatric Evaluation and Intervention / Assessment/Measurement
Poster Session   |   August 01, 2020
Feeding Challenges in Children With Autism and the Relationship With Parent and Child Outcomes
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, August 2020, Vol. 74, 7411500012. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2020.74S1-PO2113
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, August 2020, Vol. 74, 7411500012. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2020.74S1-PO2113
Abstract

Date Presented 03/26/20

This study presents the relationships between different types of feeding challenges for children with ASD to specific sensory patterns, parenting stress, and overall adaptive behaviors. The findings of this study suggest children with ASD demonstrate unique patterns of feeding challenges and sensory responses that are significantly connected to parenting stress and adaptive behavior and can inform the development of targeted family-centered feeding interventions.

Primary Author and Speaker: Brittany St. John

Additional Authors and Speakers: Molly Hamre, Karla Ausderau

Contributing Authors: Muhammad Al-Heizan, Kate Dorrance, Colleen Althoff