Broccoli Boot Camp: Basic Training for Parents of Selective Eaters

by Keith E. Williams, Laura J Seiverling

Are you dealing with a picky eater? Then welcome to Broccoli Boot Camp - the informative and accessible resource for parents challenged by selective eaters! This comprehensive guide can be used with children with or without special needs (e.g., autism or Down syndrome). It presents commonsense behavioral interventions to expand children's diet variety and preferences for healthy foods. Broccoli Boot Camp will help you with the strategies to shape eating behavior. Parents can choose the intervention which works best for their family's circumstances. The book not only could change the child's life, but it can also help parents eliminate their stress with the greatest panacea of all knowledgeable understanding. Editorial Reviews
This is an incredibly well-researched, informative, and accessible resource for parents challenged by selective eating. Broccoli Boot Camp is a must-read, whether your child is a picky eater or demonstrates more significant issues.
--David Celiberti, Ph.D., BCBA-D, Association for Science in Autism Treatment Feeding their children is perhaps the most basic job assigned to parents but also one that can be the most challenging. The consequences of inadequate nutrition multiply quickly and the ways determined children can defy parental efforts to promote good eating habits are many and maddening. Although billed as a book for parents, and it is truly an invaluable resource for them, it is also a tremendous resource for the professionals who serve them.
--Patrick C. Friman, Ph.D., ABPP, Vice President of Behavioral Health, Boys Town Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UNMC Forget kid-friendly menus or hiding vegetables in a cake. This book offers techniques that can actually help a child to enjoy eating greens for their own sake and to develop into an adult with a varied palate. For any parent struggling to feed a picky child, this book is a treasure trove of useful, evidence-based information and advice. I wish I'd had it when my own children were toddlers. I found wisdom on every page. Keith Williams and Laura Seiverling understand that every family is different but they also understand what works and what doesn't when it comes to learning new tastes. Most new parents know that multiple taste exposures are the key, but the difficult part is getting a child who is scared of new foods to experience those multiple taste exposures. There is no magic bullet, but Broccoli Boot Camp draws on the authors' extensive clinical knowledge to show how to create positive and patient methods for tasting new foods that work for you and your child. With their mantra that 'liking comes later', family mealtimes can stop being a battle.
--Bee Wilson, author of First How We Learn to Eat (Basic Books) About the Authors
Keith Williams is a licensed psychologist and Board Certified Behavior Analyst. He is the Director of the Feeding Program at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center, and a Professor of Pediatrics at the Penn State College of Medicine. He is the author of book chapters, articles, and a book, Treating Eating Problems of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Developmental Disabilities.

Laura Seiverling is a licensed psychologist and Board Certified Behavior Analyst. Previously at St. Mary’s Hospital for Children’s Center for Pediatric Feeding Disorders in Bayside, New York, serving as both psychologist and clinical supervisor for the program, she now holds an Assistant Teaching Professor position at Ball State University. She is the author of numerous book chapters and articles.

Genres: Parenting

209 pages, Paperback

Published August 7, 2022

Reviews

[Terka Juchelková · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kniha slibuje přednést strategie, jak rozšířit dětský jídelníček, prý vhodné pro jakýkoli věk a počáteční úroveň nejedlictví. Věnuje se dětem s podvýživou, nadváhou, PAS i hypersenzitivitou.

Co se mi líbilo:
+ věnuje se ne příliš častému tématu
+ dobře se čte, je přehledná
+ rodiče mohou situaci ovlivnit tím, jak sami jí a jaká jídla předkládají dětem
+ nové pokrmy si oblíbíme tím, že je opakovaně ochutnáváme
+ reagovat s klidem na dětské protesty
+ neřešit množství, ale pestrost pokrmů, nenutit děti sníst určité množství
+ ocenit chtěné chování, ignorovat nechtěné
+ společně stolovat, nemaskovat potraviny, jíst to stejné, zrušit uzobávání, povzbuzovat ke konzumaci ovoce a zeleniny
+ jíd příkladem
+ dávat možnost volby
+ podrobně popsané plány a postupy
+ praktické ukázky
+ řádně ozdrojováno

Co se mi nelíbilo:
- používají hodně odměny (a v podstatě i tresty v podobě odejmutí něčeho)
- mělo by se jíst výhradně u stolu (co když rodiče někdy jí u TV, za chůze nebo v autě?)
- chvílemi to působí jako výcvik psa
- hodně doporučují pití mléka, jsou proti čaji
- celkově je většina stravy pojata hodně americky (nemají třeba polévky, omáčky, nesladké pečivo...)
- nezmiňují logopedii a problémy s kousáním
- neřeší kojení
- nutí dítě sedět u stolu, ale vlastně neřeknou jak (předpokládám, že fyzicky silou)
- neříkají, jak reagovat na nežádoucí chování. Mělo by se ignorovat, ale to jde těžko, když po vás dítě hází jídlo nebo zvrací

[Danielle · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was full of really good information on selective eaters and several different interventions. I have only started with the basics of eliminating snacking and liquids besides water and once my son is older I will implement on of the strategies suggested in this book. Worth reading if you are a BCBA or parent of a selective eater.

[Sparkle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very practical and focused on evidence based research. Great tips if you're "fed up" with most advice for picky eaters. These techniques take time and effort, but they also focus on levels of pickiness and offer a ray of hope.

Advice skews slightly more towards those with ARFID, but can also be helpful to those with lesser pickiness.

[Kristen Dixon · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm currently trying to start a tasting program with my son. The case studies and advice were very relatable.