Feeding Time at Speech Therapy

Video Summary

Quincy, a young boy with ASD, has an aversion to certain textures and therefore is picky eater. In this clip, a therapist helps Quincy get used to the texture of a cracker by pairing it with one of his preferred foods, yogurt. She also uses their interaction to help Quincy practice using language and eye contact to communicate his wants.

Keywords

• General Behaviors
• eating issues
• Milestones
• not eating with a spoon
• Nonverbal Behaviors Used in Social Interaction
• lack of eye contact
• Nonverbal Communicative Skills
• pointing to request
• Therapies
• Speech Therapy
• working with autism
• therapy strategies
• Transportation
• buses
• Verbal Communicative Skills
• expressive language