Parents of children with learning problems often identify their child as a “picky eater” with junk food cravings. These children simply refuse to eat a balanced, healthy diet, no matter what the parent tries. With parents being confronted with an array of demands on their time, energy, and patience, establishing a healthy diet may lose out to other issues that seem more pressing. Parents often say, “I guess I’ve just had to learn to pick my battles.” Unfortunately, failing to

The mother on the other end of the line sounded tired and frustrated. She told a familiar story. Her daughter Mira, was midway through third grade, but reading at first grade level. When two years of meetings at school and pull-out help for Mira had been unproductive, this mom had taken her daughter to a well-known national tutoring company. Now, after months of effort and $12,000 spent, Mira was still not at grade level, and this mom was desperate. Sadly, calls like this are