#3: Sensory vs Behavior Beginnings - Addressing Failure to Thrive in Infants

<p>What is the impact of sensory and behavior on early survival skills? Mandy and Aditi begin with a case study on Aditi's son Tristan who was diagnosed with failure to thrive. </p> <p>Mandy and Aditi also refer to a behavioral feeding program where differential reinforcement was used alongside other interventions to build adaptive eating repertoires. They also talk how a collaborative sensory and behavior approach can develop a hypothesis and the need to exercise caution when using profession-specific terms to avoid miscommunication.</p> <p> </p> <p> HIGHLIGHTS</p> <p> </p> <p>04:36 Shoutout to Margo B. Holm</p> <p> </p> <p>05:45 Case study: Tristan's early feeding problems</p> <p> </p> <p>12:57 Differentiating sensory and behavior: Interoception and Dead Man’s Test </p> <p> </p> <p>22:49 Early feeding behaviors and the sensory hypothesis behind it </p> <p> </p> <p>30:14 A behavioral feeding program for failure-to-thrive infants by Larson, Ayllon, and Barrett</p> <p> </p> <p>42:12 Key takeaways</p> <p> </p> <p> GLOSSARY</p> <p> </p> <p>Interoception - The perception of sensations from inside the body and includes the perception of physical sensations related to internal organs like the heartbeat, respiration, and satiety.</p> <p> </p> <p>Dead man test - If a dead person can do it, it's not behavior. If a dead person can't do it, it is behavior. Examples: laying still, falling down stairs, being noncompliant, sitting in a chair.</p> <p> </p> <p>Unlearned (respondent) behavior - Behavior that a baby does not need prior learning to engage like survival mechanisms (feeding, suckling).</p> <p> </p> <p>Differential reinforcement - Promotion and strengthening of behavior we want to see again and weakening what is reinforcing behavior that we want to reduce.</p> <p> </p> <p>Punishment - Something that reduces a behavior.</p> <p> </p> <p> RESOURCES</p> <p> </p> <p>Join our The ABA and OT Podcast Facebook Group to get access to the following resources:</p> <p> </p> <p>- Early Feeding - Fai