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The problem
Intervention: Comprehensive interdisciplinary intervention including occupational therapy, Ayres Sensory Integration principles, behavioral learning strategies, caregiver coaching, and environmental modifications, organized into sequential therapeutic phases emphasizing graded sensory experiences, play-based food
Who it was tested with: One preschool-aged child with autism spectrum disorder presenting with severe feeding selectivity.
Experience from people who deliver programmes: stories, case studies and lessons learned. Valuable for understanding how and why, and for spotting what to test next, but not a measure of effect.
"Treatment prioritized the progressive development of sensory regulation, food exploration, behavioral flexibility, occupational participation, and caregiver competence before targeting food acceptance. Intervention was organized into sequential therapeutic phases emphasizing graded sensory experiences, play-based food interaction, family participation, and generalization across natural environments." The phased approach targeting foundational developmental domains before food acceptance as an outcome represents a clinical reasoning strategy evaluated through longitudinal observation.
Single case study with no comparison group or control condition; cannot determine which intervention components were most effective; generalizability to other children with autism or feeding challenges is limited; no quantitative data provided on magnitude of change.
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