ARFID Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder - Meeting needs, shifting expectations, presenting compassion

Gloria Williamson, MS RDN started working on a feeding therapy team with ARFID 13 years ago before ARFID was added to the DSM. THis presentation and discussion will examine; How we can identify a way to meet nutritional needs when working with high sensory sensitivity or high anxiety related to certain foods.  How readiness to shift foods through internal motivation changes throughout the life cycle. How we can name and acknowledge: the stigma parents experience and the identity that individuals with ARFID can be marked with.