Breakout Session

Understanding Factors Influencing Eating Behavior in Autism

3-3:50 p.m. BEST 125

Presented by: Anna Wallisch, PhD, OTR/L

In this session we will explore multiple factors underlying challenging eating behaviors in autism. Specifically, we will explore:

• the influence of sensory processing
• internalizing and externalizing behaviors
• underlying gastrointestinal symptoms
• physiological mechanisms involved
• parent stress during mealtime 
• parent-child interactions (via interpersonal physiological synchrony) during meals