Re: Need help with school food problem

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Why does it have to be food? Could she use a fun sticker or some other little

thing to reward your daughter? Or something even more powerful like a social

reward that would clue her in to that piece. I know I'm not helping and you are

just trying to work with the teacher, but if you don't feel comfortable with

food as a reward, maybe you could help the teacher find a different way to

achieve her goal.

Ruth

" Dan, , Isaac & Rowley " wrote:

>in class? Any other ideas? I try to put myself in the teacher's

>shoes. I am sure there is no way she can relate to such a strict

>diet. I would like to come up with SOMETHING if I could. Any advice

>is appreciated.

Are there any cereals he would eat? Would natural fruit juice as the

'sugar' in cereal be OK with his diet? Things like Envirokids Panda Munch

would be perfect, you could send a small baggie of cereal and she could

give 1 ball at a time for the treat. I've been using Aramath Cinnamon

Crisp cereal for Nate's class - I don't think it has any sugar in it, my

boys love it but I don't use it as cereal since it's SO expensive

($5.99/box at my Albertsons), since they never get it any other time it

works nicely as a reinforcer. I wouldn't go anywhere near the Juice Plus

gummys - I don't know how they can claim they are GF with Oats and Barley

being in the ingredient list...

- near LAX

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Ener-g makes a new soy free pretzel.

Re: Need help with school food problem

Ruth, I agree with you completely. I already did make those

suggestions to the teacher. She came back saying that kids lose

stickers and then get disappointed, etc. , the cereal idea is

great, but we don't have any cereal options except " rice twice "

because our son is multiple food allergic and every cereal I have

ever found that is gluten free and free of all his allergens is also

processed on equiptment with peanuts, treenuts, etc. Good ideas,

though. I am just going to have to put my foot down with this one.

It is funny to me the way people think about food, ya know? My

husband told his teacher he could have a Frito's corn chip or a wavy

lays potato chip instead for his treat and that wasn't good enough.

She has to have a pretzel or a gummi bear! Almost comical to me.

He can't do the gluten free pretzels as they contain soy flour. I

really don't like seeming so inflexible to her, but what is my

problem? She is the one being inflexible here, right? Thanks for

your thoughts!!!

>

> >in class? Any other ideas? I try to put myself in the teacher's

> >shoes. I am sure there is no way she can relate to such a strict

> >diet. I would like to come up with SOMETHING if I could. Any

advice

> >is appreciated.

>

> Are there any cereals he would eat? Would natural fruit juice as

the

> 'sugar' in cereal be OK with his diet? Things like Envirokids

Panda Munch

> would be perfect, you could send a small baggie of cereal and she

could

> give 1 ball at a time for the treat. I've been using Aramath

Cinnamon

> Crisp cereal for Nate's class - I don't think it has any sugar in

it, my

> boys love it but I don't use it as cereal since it's SO expensive

> ($5.99/box at my Albertsons), since they never get it any other

time it

> works nicely as a reinforcer. I wouldn't go anywhere near the

Juice Plus

> gummys - I don't know how they can claim they are GF with Oats and

Barley

> being in the ingredient list...

>

> - near LAX

>

>

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Okay, just caught up on your posts, sorry you can't do the pretzels.

also uses stickers. He loves animals and they are very motivating

to him. So we have sticker books of varing types that have animals in it

and he is allowed to do a page as a reward once he has gotten through a

series of tasks. Is there something that your daughter loves like this?

He'll work all day to get to the book of stickers.

Kathleen

Re: Need help with school food problem

> Ruth, I agree with you completely. I already did make those

> suggestions to the teacher. She came back saying that kids lose

> stickers and then get disappointed, etc. , the cereal idea is

> great, but we don't have any cereal options except " rice twice "

> because our son is multiple food allergic and every cereal I have

> ever found that is gluten free and free of all his allergens is also

> processed on equiptment with peanuts, treenuts, etc. Good ideas,

> though. I am just going to have to put my foot down with this one.

> It is funny to me the way people think about food, ya know? My

> husband told his teacher he could have a Frito's corn chip or a wavy

> lays potato chip instead for his treat and that wasn't good enough.

> She has to have a pretzel or a gummi bear! Almost comical to me.

> He can't do the gluten free pretzels as they contain soy flour. I

> really don't like seeming so inflexible to her, but what is my

> problem? She is the one being inflexible here, right? Thanks for

> your thoughts!!!

>

>

>

>

>>

>> >in class? Any other ideas? I try to put myself in the teacher's

>> >shoes. I am sure there is no way she can relate to such a strict

>> >diet. I would like to come up with SOMETHING if I could. Any

> advice

>> >is appreciated.

>>

>> Are there any cereals he would eat? Would natural fruit juice as

> the

>> 'sugar' in cereal be OK with his diet? Things like Envirokids

> Panda Munch

>> would be perfect, you could send a small baggie of cereal and she

> could

>> give 1 ball at a time for the treat. I've been using Aramath

> Cinnamon

>> Crisp cereal for Nate's class - I don't think it has any sugar in

> it, my

>> boys love it but I don't use it as cereal since it's SO expensive

>> ($5.99/box at my Albertsons), since they never get it any other

> time it

>> works nicely as a reinforcer. I wouldn't go anywhere near the

> Juice Plus

>> gummys - I don't know how they can claim they are GF with Oats and

> Barley

>> being in the ingredient list...

>>

>> - near LAX

>>

>>

[Guest guest]

, yes. You shoudl have input into how she is being rewarded. I think it's

so interesting that she's being so inflexible, but it seems like you already

have your answer - just tell her that your daughter's food allergies make

rewarding with food impossible and that you'd love to help her come up with

other ideas. Good Luck!

j_kalis wrote:Ruth, I agree with you completely. I already

did make those

suggestions to the teacher. She came back saying that kids lose

stickers and then get disappointed, etc. , the cereal idea is

great, but we don't have any cereal options except " rice twice "

because our son is multiple food allergic and every cereal I have

ever found that is gluten free and free of all his allergens is also

processed on equiptment with peanuts, treenuts, etc. Good ideas,

though. I am just going to have to put my foot down with this one.

It is funny to me the way people think about food, ya know? My

husband told his teacher he could have a Frito's corn chip or a wavy

lays potato chip instead for his treat and that wasn't good enough.

She has to have a pretzel or a gummi bear! Almost comical to me.

He can't do the gluten free pretzels as they contain soy flour. I

really don't like seeming so inflexible to her, but what is my

problem? She is the one being inflexible here, right? Thanks for

your thoughts!!!

>

> >in class? Any other ideas? I try to put myself in the teacher's

> >shoes. I am sure there is no way she can relate to such a strict

> >diet. I would like to come up with SOMETHING if I could. Any

advice

> >is appreciated.

>

> Are there any cereals he would eat? Would natural fruit juice as

the

> 'sugar' in cereal be OK with his diet? Things like Envirokids

Panda Munch

> would be perfect, you could send a small baggie of cereal and she

could

> give 1 ball at a time for the treat. I've been using Aramath

Cinnamon

> Crisp cereal for Nate's class - I don't think it has any sugar in

it, my

> boys love it but I don't use it as cereal since it's SO expensive

> ($5.99/box at my Albertsons), since they never get it any other

time it

> works nicely as a reinforcer. I wouldn't go anywhere near the

Juice Plus

> gummys - I don't know how they can claim they are GF with Oats and

Barley

> being in the ingredient list...

>

> - near LAX

>

>

[Guest guest]

One of the new pre-made gfcf pretzels is fairly promising - check the

ingredients though: Wylde Pretzels - Ener-G Foods has introduced a new,

delicious pretzel that is wheat-free, gluten-free, soy-free,

milk/lactose/casein-free. It is also free of hydrogenated oils and is low in

sodium. . Ingredients: Potato Flour, Corn Starch, Rice Flour, Palm Oil, Corn

Glucose, Modified Corn Starch, Ener-G Baking Powder (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate,

Sodium Bicarbonate, Potato Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate), Cellulose Gum, Bamboo

Fiber, Sea Salt, Yeast.

you can make a candy from honey and nuts...I can dig up a recipe if you need

one. It is a persian candy called sohan asaali, it would be modified to use

refined coconut oil or palm oil shortening instead of butter. the other

ingredients are honey and almond slivers traditionally. It is a hard candy. on

the same principle you could make honey based lollipops (if hoey is allowed).

Dried fruit is yummy. Dried mangos are especially sweet. There are also 100%

organic fruit " rolls " ...they are actually a small packaged strip , about 1.4 x 4

inches. You could cut the packages in half or thirds and give to the teacher in

a container. I buy these at Trader Joes, Whole Foods also carries.

There are new prepackaged raw food cookies made from nuts and dried fruits that

are good. I think the brand I've tried it Raweo

http://www.rawlife.com/store/product.php?productid=16231. Also, I have bought

pitted date rolled in coconut at Whole Foods. Email me if you need the brand. I

am traveling this weekend so can't just check the fridge.

potato and corn chips may work - look for those without transfats... not a food

with any nutritional value though

dehyrated foods can be good...see http://www.justtomatoes.com/html/1nutri.html

or www.justveggies.com I like the just blueberries, I use them in muffins.

Margaret

www.helpingdelayedkids.com tips that have worked for us

Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed. Proverbs

15:22

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Margaret, Thank you! I will definitely check out those Ener-G

pretzels. Is Whole Foods selling them or do I have to order them

directly from Ener-G? I might be a little nervous giving him

something with yeast, though. Do you know what brand the fruit roll-

ups are? I would like to ask about them at whole foods.

Thanks,

> One of the new pre-made gfcf pretzels is fairly promising - check

the ingredients though: Wylde Pretzels - Ener-G Foods has introduced

a new, delicious pretzel that is wheat-free, gluten-free, soy-free,

milk/lactose/casein-free. It is also free of hydrogenated oils and

is low in sodium. . Ingredients: Potato Flour, Corn Starch, Rice

Flour, Palm Oil, Corn Glucose, Modified Corn Starch, Ener-G Baking

Powder (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Potato

Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate), Cellulose Gum, Bamboo Fiber, Sea

Salt, Yeast.

>

> you can make a candy from honey and nuts...I can dig up a recipe

if you need one. It is a persian candy called sohan asaali, it would

be modified to use refined coconut oil or palm oil shortening

instead of butter. the other ingredients are honey and almond

slivers traditionally. It is a hard candy. on the same principle you

could make honey based lollipops (if hoey is allowed).

>

> Dried fruit is yummy. Dried mangos are especially sweet. There are

also 100% organic fruit " rolls " ...they are actually a small packaged

strip , about 1.4 x 4 inches. You could cut the packages in half or

thirds and give to the teacher in a container. I buy these at Trader

Joes, Whole Foods also carries.

>

> There are new prepackaged raw food cookies made from nuts and

dried fruits that are good. I think the brand I've tried it Raweo

http://www.rawlife.com/store/product.php?productid=16231. Also, I

have bought pitted date rolled in coconut at Whole Foods. Email me

if you need the brand. I am traveling this weekend so can't just

check the fridge.

>

> potato and corn chips may work - look for those without

transfats... not a food with any nutritional value though

>

> dehyrated foods can be good...see

http://www.justtomatoes.com/html/1nutri.html or www.justveggies.com

I like the just blueberries, I use them in muffins.

>

>

> Margaret

> www.helpingdelayedkids.com tips that have worked for us

> Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they

succeed. Proverbs 15:22

>

>

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> One of the new pre-made gfcf pretzels is fairly promising - check the

> ingredients though: Wylde Pretzels - Ener-G Foods has introduced a new,

> delicious pretzel that is wheat-free, gluten-free, soy-free,

> milk/lactose/casein-free.

They are more than promising--they are delicious pretzels! My kids (NT and

ASD) love them and I buy them by the case. They are ring pretzels and kids

love putting them on their fingers.

Lynne

[Guest guest]

- you are welcome!

I don't recall the brand of the fruit strips/like rollups. But they have them on

several aisles on standalone racks. I am traveling and can't check the kitchen

stash now. They are popular and the store people will know where they are. The

pretzels are special order. You can order directly http://www.ener-g.com

(backordered) , www.glutenfree.com (call for availability as backordered items

may not be listed as such), etc

Margaret

www.helpingdelayedkids.com tips that have worked for us

Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed. Proverbs

15:22

[Guest guest]

In our experience stickers are a powerful reinforcer. We used stickers with

our ASD daughter (she was never motivated by food) when we were starting

chelation and needed to get her to swallow capsules. The first few times it was

toys, then fridge magnets. But soon just stickers were doing the job, and of

course eventually just praise was enough. But the stickers were a very

important part of the process for our little girl (then 4).

Okay, just caught up on your posts, sorry you can't do the pretzels.

also uses stickers. He loves animals and they are very motivating

to him. So we have sticker books of varing types that have animals in it

and he is allowed to do a page as a reward once he has gotten through a

series of tasks. Is there something that your daughter loves like this?

He'll work all day to get to the book of stickers.

Kathleen