Behavioral treatments for pediatric feeding disorders.

Linscheid (2006) wrote a narrative review about running behavioral feeding therapy inside a hospital unit.

The paper maps how to move lab-tested procedures into busy medical wards.

It stresses daily medical checks, quick procedure tweaks, and team roles.

The review does not give new outcome data.

Instead it lays out a full inpatient service model.

Key parts are medical clearance, brief functional checks, and flexible treatment steps.

Hodges et al. (2020) show you should run a full functional analysis before treatment.

Linscheid (2006) only hints at brief assessment; the later paper gives a clearer roadmap.

Roberts et al. (2024) took the same ideas into an outpatient clinic and still got gains.

Amore et al. (2011) and Seiverling et al. (2012) moved treatment to kitchens and tables at home with parents in charge.

Together these studies extend the inpatient model to lighter, cheaper settings.

You may not have a hospital unit. You can still borrow the core moves: check health first, watch the function of refusal, and adjust procedures fast. Use Abby’s full FA when safety allows, or trial-based versions from Andersen et al. (2022) to save time. If the child is stable, try the home-based parent models and track progress just as closely.