This book provides an essential contribution to the education of frontline clinicians dealing with feeding problems in young children, along with comprehensive coverage of the issues and a practical Toolkit with examples of materials from a multi-disciplinary practice.

Introduction Part I: Approaches 1. The development and disruption of feeding skills in babies and young children 2. Children with feeding difficulties: Medical and nursing perspectives 3. Behavioural approaches to the management of paediatric feeding disorders 4. Feeding difficulties in infancy and childhood: Psychoanalytic perspectives 5. Developmental, cognitive and regulatory aspects of feeding disorders 6. Cultural aspects of feeding: Some illustrations from Indian and other cultures 7. Family and wider system perspectives Part II: Applications 8. Biological nurturing: A new approach to breastfeeding initiation 9. The management of selective eating in young children 10. The management of feeding in children with neurological problems 11. Interventions with children who are tube fed 12. Management of feeding problems in children with a chronic illness 13. An intensive coaching approach to the management of feeding problems 14. Telehealth interventions for feeding problems 15. Intensive intervention for childhood feeding disorders Part III: The Clinical Practice Toolkit