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Anxious Eaters and Anxious Mealtimes

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1.  Which of the following descriptors are used to describe anxious eaters?
  1. ARFID
  2. Selective eaters
  3. Food neophobic eaters
  4. All of the above
2.  Systematic desensitization
  1. Is used as a clinical treatment for phobias
  2. Can be described as a continuum of small treatment ideas
  3. Creates a hierarchy of situations that elicits a fearful response beginning with the most comfortable starting place and working towards the most fearful
  4. All of the above
3.  Which strategy is NOT a rehearsal?
  1. Encouraging the child to help in food preparation
  2. Forcing the child to eat a new food
  3. Helping the child to pass foods
  4. Encouraging the child to smell or touch the new food
4.  Encouraging a picky eater to smell a food before eating it
  1. Is not an example of an up-close sensory rehearsal
  2. Provides a preview of a "taste from a distance"
  3. May decrease the likelihood of a picky eater trying that food
  4. Is not a good strategy
5.  Eating with a child
  1. Provides role models for eating
  2. Exposes the child only to the preferred food choices
  3. Reduces the chance for trying new foods
  4. Cannot be enjoyable
6.  A sandwich try is...
  1. Rubbing a finger on a food as a taste preview
  2. Smelling a new food
  3. Pairing a new food with a familiar food to dilute the worry
  4. Trying a new food as a crumb
7.  The biggest priority in feeding therapy is...
  1. For the therapist to succeed in changing the child's eating interactions
  2. To help the parent successfully and safely feed their own child
  3. To help the child be successful in eating
  4. To demand the child eat more
8.  The following is NOT a "new food trying strategy" in the Get Permission Approach to pediatric mealtimes
  1. Force the child to take a bite
  2. Finger Try
  3. Re-define TRY IT
  4. Sandwich Try
9.  Which is the starting place for mealtime treatment support?
  1. New Food Trying
  2. Sandwich Try
  3. Mealtime Peace
  4. Change Happens
10.  If a child is worried about change in his food...
  1. Consider making change around the edges such as plates, napkins, and tablecloths
  2. Change the shape of their food
  3. Change the color of their food
  4. Change the texture of their food

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