Today we have the pleasure of speaking with Dena Kelly, LPC, BCBA, LBS. Dena is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Board Certified Behavior Analyst who is renowned for her over 15-year dedication to improving children's eating, enhancing their quality of life, and positively impacting their families. After over a decade of direct feeding intervention, Dena founded Focused Approach, developing comprehensive feeding programs and training professionals and caregivers in interventions grounded in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA).
Dena shares how to identify if your child is experiencing picky eating or a medical feeding issue, how to get medical intervention and what a feeding program might look like, as well as how she incorporates using positive reinforcement strategies to increase healthy eating behaviors.