Supporting Children with Restricted Eating, and doing a PHD with Rene Fraser

About this episode

Bec Sampson interviews Rene Fraser about her PhD research on interventions for children with disabilities who have restricted eating.

In this episode, Bec Sampson is joined by Rene Fraser, Occupational Therapist and long-time Disability SPOT Executive Committee member, to discuss her PhD research on parent interventions for children with disabilities who are restricted eaters. Drawing on over 20 years of clinical experience, Rene shares how her work with families inspired her research and why traditional approaches to restricted eating often fall short. Instead of chasing “perfect” mealtimes, she highlights the importance o...

People in this episode

Host: Bec Sampson

Guest: Rene Fraser

Topics covered

• restricted eating
• children with disabilities
• parent interventions
• PhD research
• clinical experience
• mealtime approaches

Keywords

• restricted eating
• children
• disabilities
• parent interventions
• PhD
• Occupational Therapist
• clinical experience

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Disability SPOT, Occupational Therapist

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