Autism Spectrum Disorders Assessment and Treatment of Pediatric Feeding Disorders
These training materials were created for the Autism Center of Excellence at Western Michigan University. Dr. Cathleen Piazza discusses the assessment and treatment of pediatric feeding disorders. This course provides information into the biological problems that may arise in pediatric patients with behavioral health problems that also are not consuming food or the right kinds of food.
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Understanding Pediatric Feeding Disorder
This course covers the basics of pediatric feeding disorder related to those pediatric clients that may be afflicted with a physical or behavioral health disorder like Autism. The course expert provides research regarding the prevalence of this disorder as well as the potentially biological or environmental causes.
Medical Considerations and Assessment
This course also provides important assessment criteria and considerations in referring patients or beginning treatment. This section of the course also provides important information regarding parent and child interactions as a way to sort out environmental factors as a cause of the disorder.
Courses of Treatment
The final sections of this course offer the participants with potential courses of treatment. These treatment plans should be specific to the client and the information gained during the assessment.
Dr. Cathleen Piazza
Dr. Piazza received her doctorate from Tulane University in New Orleans, LA. She completed a pre-doctoral internship and post-doctoral fellowship at the Kennedy Institute (KKI) and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSM) in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Piazza was a faculty member at JHUSM and KKI where she was the Chief Psychologist of the Neurobehavioral Unit, the director of Training, and the director of the Pediatric Feeding Disorders Program. In 1999, she became director of the Pediatric Feeding Disorders Program and the Training Program at the Marcus Institute in Atlanta. Currently, Dr. Piazza is a Professor in Pediatrics at University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and the director of the Pediatric Feeding Disorders Program at Munroe-Meyer Institute (MMI). She also has joined the professional teams in the small bowel/liver transplant and intestinal rehabilitation programs. She is a former Associate Editor, former Book Editor, and former Editor of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.
Dr. Piazza’s research interests include assessment and treatment of pediatric feeding disorders, evaluation of the interaction between physiological and behavioral causes of feeding problems, and examination of recovery of gut function in pediatric intestinal failure and its interaction with oral feeding. She has published several articles in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and Behavior Modification, as well as written several book chapters. She has won the award: Woman of Distinction, Crohn's and Colitis Association (2002) and was the Health Care Hero Finalist, Atlanta Business Chronicle (2001).
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My experience with this module was enlightening. I received clarification on some issues I assumed that I knew. I now have a better understanding due to my participation in this course."
