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Tackling Eating Issues: Taking the Stress Out of Meal Times

**PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES:
   **LOCATION: This workshop will now be held at our new office 1340 Dundas Street East London
   **PRICE: this workshop will be FREE for parents

Presented by: Lauren Binnendyk PHD BCBA, Coast Behaviour Analyst Director and Registered Autism Service Provider in the Province of British Columbia 

Does your child’s diet consist of chicken nuggets, fries, pizza and Cheerios?  Does your child only eat white foods?  Do you dread mealtime because it means a battle of behaviours with your child?  Then you need to come out to see founder of Coast ABA and BCBA, Dr. Lauren Binnendyk. She will give you tips and strategies on successful eating interventions that may work with your child, including video footage of her work with other children to show you its effectiveness.

This is an essential workshop for any parent, professional or family support.

Date: Sunday June 6th, 2010

Location: AUTISM ONTARIO - LONDON OFFICE 1340 Dundas Street East London

Time: 9:00-2:30 (Lunch Provided)

Cost: FREE FOR PARENTS!
$20 for Autism Ontario Members   $30 for Non Autism Ontario Members

Lauren Binnendyk PHD BCBA

Lauren received her doctorate degree in Special Education (concentration in autism and related disabilities) at UBC. She is also a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst.

Lauren has been working with individuals with ASD/related challenges and their families since 1997. For the past nine years Lauren has focused her research and clinical work on supporting families of young children with developmental disabilities and severe food refusal behaviour. Her master’s thesis titled, “A Family Centered Positive Behavior Support Approach to the Amelioration of Food Refusal Behavior” is published in the Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions.

Lauren’s dissertation research is an extension of this study. The purpose of her dissertation research was to broaden assessment procedures beyond child problematic feeding behaviour to include parent-child interactions and elements of the natural meal routine. These assessment findings were then used to design empirically supported behavioural feeding interventions that were implemented by parents in a home-based meal routine. Three families of children with autism and severe food refusal participated in the study.

From 2004-2009, Lauren was a family interventionist on a NIH funded research project at U.B.C. The purpose of the study was to improve problematic home and community routines (e.g., dinner, bed-time, restaurant) for families of children with developmental disabilities and severe problem behaviour.

For the past two years Lauren has in collaboration with a local non-profit community agency of occupational therapists and speech language pathologists developed behavioural feeding workshops for parents and professionals. For the past three years, Lauren has worked as a Sessional Instructor at UBC teaching an undergraduate course titled, “Functional Assessment and Positive Behaviour Supports in School and Community Settings.”