FW: This Thursday FEAT Mtg - Eating Issues

[Guest guest]

Don't miss this Thursday's FEAT-Houston Meeting. Our

special guest speaker is Dr. Missy Olive from Austin.

FEAT-Houston

January

2009 Meeting

Date: January

8, 2009

Time: 7:00–9:00

pm

Location: Crosspoint Church

Houston

4601 Bellaire Blvd

Bellaire, TX 77401

Speaker:

Olive, PhD, BCBA

Center

for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD)

Topic: Strategies

for the Picky Eater

Do you serve a child who

will only eat white foods or soft foods or crunchy foods or only five different

foods? This meeting is for you! Dr. Olive will present an overview of the

successful CARD Austin Feeding Clinic. To date, 20 children have been served

and all 20 children have learned to eat between 35 and 60 new foods in just

five to seven days of therapy. Dr. Olive will also present strategies for

addressing feeding difficulties for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

enabling both parents and teachers to begin addressing feeding difficulties

sooner rather than later.

Dr. Olive has received more

than $500,000 in federal funding to conduct research on assessment and

intervention for challenging behavior. She is the author of 25 book chapters

and peer-reviewed publications and currently serves on the Editorial Board for

the Journal of Early Intervention,

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education,

Exceptional Children, and Young Exceptional Children. She is also a

frequent guest reviewer for the Journal of

Autism and Developmental Disorders. Her research interests include

communication intervention, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC),

functional communication training (FCT), assessment and treatment of

challenging behavior, behavioral outcomes of biomedical interventions, and

training others to implement Applied Behavior Analysis. Prior to joining the

CARD staff, Dr. Olive served on faculty at the University of Nevada, Reno and

the University of Texas at Austin.

Directions: Crosspoint

Church is located at 4601 Bellaire Blvd, at Avenue B in Bellaire, just one

block inside the 610 Loop. For a map, go online to http://www.cpointchurch.org and click

on “Directions.”