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About The Book
This book is a fun and interactive way to improve your child's food repertoire! “Play With Your Food” was created by Sarah Appleman, a seasoned Occupational Therapist and mom of 2 kids with Sensory Processing Disorders. These are her own tried and tested ideas and recipes that she has utilized in her practice as a therapist and as a mom. With the activities and suggestions in this book, you will have your child actively participating in cooking and baking in no time - so get ready to Play With Your Food!
About The Author
Sarah Appleman MS, OTR/L is a published Author, Speaker, and Pediatric Occupational Therapist with over 20 years of experience in the field.
Sarah Co-Owned Paws 4 Peds in Long Beach, New York, a unique facility that combined Occupational, Physical, and Speech Therapy while incorporating 2 dogs, 2 Herman’s Tortoises and a Malo Uromastyx lizard for animal assisted therapy. This facility inspired her to write “Paw Prints Learning”, a 3-part handwriting curriculum utilizing a multisensory approach to handwriting.
In her most recently released book, “Play With Your Food”, Sarah combines her passions of working with the special needs population and baking. Through fun therapeutic interventions, activities, and tips, she guides caretakers and children to enjoy participating in the food preparation with fun games while improving the food repertoire of picky eaters.
Sarah holds a master’s degree from Touro College in Occupational Therapy. She specializes in early intervention in children diagnosed with Sensory Processing Disorders.
Sarah has worked as a Senior Therapist Supervisor for school districts, home care agencies, and sensory gyms.
Reviews
"This book is my go to as a Occupational Therapist who deals with many children with sensory defensiveness . I also use this book as a guide in my own home dealing with a step daughter who is a serious picky eater !! By following the techniques in this book Sofia has started to try new foods and eating is becoming enjoyable in my home. " - Kathryn
"A very engaging book for a fun-filled, educational guide to improving food tolerance for children. I love the layout and the structure of the book, there's room for your notes next to each recipe. The recipes are explained easily, I can see how both the adult and the child work together to achieve results." - Gayle
"Love this book! It has awesome recipes and ideas for hours of fun with the kids! Both of my daughters (ages 2 & 6) absolutely LOVE recreating the recipes. It’s wonderful when teaching my younger one fine motor skills & my older one actually reads the book herself and tells ME which things she’d like to try." - ACE21