Intervention Strategies Aimed at Mealtime Difficulties for Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Authors
Page, Reagan
Issue Date
2021-05-04
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
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Description/Abstract
Children diagnosed with ASD oftentimes struggle with sensory overloads, leading to difficulties with mealtime behaviors. These difficult mealtime behaviors come in many form and have varying impacts on parents and how to address management of mealtime difficulties. By utilizing a survey design, data was collected through social media and analyzed for both quantitative and qualitative results about a child's eating preferences. Through the data collected in the survey, it was shown that children with ASD had picky food preferences and often exhibited unwanted behavior during mealtimes. The finding of this study revealed some similarities and differences between previously published research.