How to help child recognize food?
Recently took a short term placement until the more permanent placement is ready here in a week or so.
The child is a bit over 2 years old and was removed for “severe neglect”. She will be getting screened for autism soon. I would say she knows maybe 2 or 3 words And doesn’t really respond to her name, so communication has been a struggle. Reading between the lines of the info we’ve been given, we are inferring that her older siblings have been her primary caregivers most of her life. As they are children themselves, meals have never really been provided. She does seem to recognize food pouches, but if we attempt to serve food on a plate, it’s almost as if she doesn’t recognize it as something to be eaten.
Short of blending up everything we offer her and putting it in a re-useable food pouch, or just buying up nutrition heavy pouches has anyone had success with this? We don’t want her to only live on applesauce and yogurt while she’s here.