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More On How to Use Food Chaining At Home: An Update on Our Little "Z" Just getting started with Food Chaining by Cheri Fraker Posted Tue 13 Oct 2009 10:06pm listened to everything!!!! I would just like to see him do less directing mom what to do about taking food away or giving it back. I would like to see the food presented and he eats... to make sure that all possible medical reasons have been covered. She also suggest a nibble tray which she says to keep out with some of his favorite foods and always a new food. I Read on »

More On How to Use Food Chaining At Home: An Update on Our Little "Z" Just getting started with Food Chaining by Cheri Fraker Posted Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:07pm listened to everything!!!! I would just like to see him do less directing mom what to do about taking food away or giving it back. I would like to see the food presented and he eats... to make sure that all possible medical reasons have been covered. She also suggest a nibble tray which she says to keep out with some of his favorite foods and always a new food. I Read on »

Food Chaining: Food Education Programs by Cheri Fraker Posted Thu 13 Mar 2008 12:00am Loved Alicia's post about doubting my sanity. Actually, I recall our very first conversation about food chaining. Alicia said in our clinic (we had a reporter observing us that day), "We have tried that food chaining approach, it does not work." I asked her several questions about what they were doing and how and what the ratings of food items were Read on »

Food Chaining: Food Ideas by Cheri Fraker Posted Sun 03 Aug 2008 12:00am Hi. There are many ways to move toward a goal of adding fruit, meat and vegetables to your child's diet. The problem with the big three here (everyone's goal foods) is the texture and the fact that these foods vary widely each time you eat them. Meat can be tough or grainy, flavor varies, broth can come out during chewing, fruits and vegetables Read on »

Food Chaining: Learning about Food...Don't Eat My Fruit Head! by Cheri Fraker Posted Mon 28 Apr 2008 12:00am a fruit friend, we won't eat him but rather we'll take him out for dinner and a movie. Happy Chaining, Alicia Read on »

Food Chaining: How to "Stretch" to New Food Experiences by Cheri Fraker Posted Thu 05 Jun 2008 12:00am I loved Alicia's post below about Anthony being 'the man' with the chaining program. Laura and I learned, and are still learning, from the wonderful Marsha Dunn Klein, the idea of a "stretch." You interact with food one way, how can you stretch to something else. There are many ways to do this...for example with corn for Ewan and Vaughn...you can Read on »

Food Chaining How to Introduce New Foods by Cheri Fraker Posted Mon 10 Mar 2008 12:00am I think a lot of people really struggle with what to do and how to do it in a session when trying to introduce a new food. In our clinic, children usually see speech... with puppets that eat. We get out our placemats, cups, utensils and divided plates. We have a routine throughout including washing hands. We offer a food or liquid the child likes Read on »

Food Chaining: Language-Learning Food Activities by Cheri Fraker Posted Mon 11 Aug 2008 12:00am , lemonade stands, holiday food and birthday parties. You can make, color and decorate party hats, talk about colors and shapes, add color to frosting, make cookies of different shapes and sizes..while working on helping the child feel safe around food. Make your own restaurant or cooking show. You might have a beach BBQ, a bakery or pizza parlor theme Read on »

Food Chaining -A Method About Life With Food by Cheri Fraker Posted Mon 18 Jan 2010 12:00am is a method, not a protocol, but my more than that, my therapy is an experience, every session we experience something together about life and about food. For example, this is how I think about sessions...On Monday I made quesadillas with Jack. Not, Jack ate x numbers of this or touched this food x times. We had an experience together. We had fun. When you Read on »

Pre-Chaining and Food Chaining: Fun Oral Motor by Cheri Fraker Posted Sun 10 Aug 2008 12:00am else touching his face. Alex might like playing with food with his brothers, everything modified for him... Consider some of these things below. Just being outside... activities. Think about how much you can teach (money concepts too) if you think about where and how we encounter food in our lives! Isn't it exciting. In these situations, kids may Read on »