Creating Gentler Approaches to Feeding Differences
with Marsha Dunn Klein
12/06/2023
So many therapists are grappling with how to reconcile our feeding therapy training with what we are learning from Autistic adults. On the podcast, we’ve heard that systematic desensitization – even when it’s play-based – can feel like torture. We’ve learned that what looks like progress towards accepting new foods can actually be Autistic masking. And we’ve learned that family meals simply aren’t best for every child. In this episode, Marsha Dunn Klein, creator of the Get Permission Approach, shares with us her own journey towards aligning her work with neurodiversity-affirming practices. We dive into what this looks like for her, what she’s learned from interviewing Autistic adults, and what affirming feeding therapy can look like in your work.
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Show Notes
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Learn more from and about Marsha’s work:
- The Get Permission Institute (Marsha’s website, co-founded with Karen Dilfer & Stephanie Cohen)
- Marsha’s books
- ‘Anxious Eaters, Anxious Mealtimes: Practical and Compassionate Strategies for Mealtime Peace (2019)
- Pre-feeding Skills: A Comprehensive Resource for Mealtime Development- Second Edition (2000, co-written with Suzanne Evans Morris)
Additional references by Marsha/Meg:
- Neurodivergence, Feeding Differences and ARFID course by Naureen Hunani
LPT Resources/Training referenced:
- Affirming Approaches to Picky Eating: Moving Beyond Systematic Desensitization with Naureen Hunani (she/her) (Episode 53– podcast, transcript, show notes)
- Picky Eating, PDA, & PICA: What Every Feeding Therapist Should Know with Laura Hellfeld (she/her) (Episode 54– podcast, transcript, show notes)
- On neurodiversity not being a set of rules, but a process
- Let’s UNMASC: Understanding the Needs and Motivations of Autistic Social Communication course by Rachel Dorsey (she/her) & V. Tisi (they/them)
- Live podcast about the UNMASC course: A Therapist’s Guide to Supporting Authentic, Autistic Social Communication with Rachel Dorsey and V Tisi (she/her & they, them) (Episode 73– podcast, transcript, show notes)
- The Neurodiversity Paradigm & Strengths-Based Goals with Rachel Dorsey (she/her) (Episode 35– podcast, transcript, show notes)
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