Aida G. Miles, MMSc, RD, CSP, LD

Selected Publications:

Sharp, WG, Jaquess, DL, Morton, JF, Miles, AG (in press). A retrospective chart review of dietary diversity and feeding behavior of children with autism spectrum disorder before and after admission to a day treatment program. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities.

King, JL , Patel ML, Goldberg, NW, Waddell, ML, Miles, AG.  Abstract accepted for poster presentation at Applied Behavior Analysis Annual Meeting, May 2010. Evaluating Effective Treatments for Pediatric Feeding Disorders: A Review of Published Research and Data from an Intensive Home-based Feeding Program

Goldberg, NW, Patel, ML,  Waddell, ML, King, JL , Miles, AG.  Abstract accepted for poster presentation at Applied Behavior Analysis Annual Meeting, May 2010. Using Time-out as an Effective Treatment Intervention for Feeding Problems in Children

Waddell, ML, Patel, ML,  King, JL, Goldberg, NW, Miles, AG.  Abstract accepted for poster presentation at Applied Behavior Analysis Annual Meeting, May 2010. Increasing Feeding Skills in Children with Severe Oral Motor Deficits and Dysphagia

Waddell, ML, Patel, ML,  King, JL, Goldberg, NW, Miles, AG.  Abstract accepted for poster presentation at Applied Behavior Analysis Annual Meeting, May 2010.  The Treatment of Food Selectivity in Children with Autism: Going Beyond Escape Extinction

King, JL , Patel ML, Goldberg, NW, Waddell, ML, Miles, AG.  Abstract accepted for poster presentation at Applied Behavior Analysis Annual Meeting, May 2010.  The Assessment and Treatment of Feeding Problems in Children: A Home-based Approach to Treatment

Patel ML, King, JL , Goldberg, NW, Waddell, ML, Miles, AG.  Abstract accepted for poster presentation at Applied Behavior Analysis Annual Meeting, May 2010. Clinic 4 Kidz: Intensive Home-Based Pediatric Feeding Disorders Program

Goldberg, NW, Patel, ML,  Waddell, ML, King, JL , Miles, AG.  Abstract accepted for oral presentation at Applied Behavior Analysis Annual Meeting, May 2010. Using an Antecedent Assessment to Evaluate the Effects of a High- Probability Instructional Sequence and Food Fading in the Treatment of Feeding Problems in Children.

Miles, AG.  Incorporate Parents’ Perceptions into Child Nutrition Assessment and Interventions.  Journal of the Am Diet Assoc.  2007; 107(7):1174-1175.

Miles, AG.  Decision Making in Pediatric Nutrition Support.  In:  Pediatric Nutrition Support, Baker, Baker and Davis, editors.  Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.  Sudbury, MA.  2007.

Miles, AG.  Decision Making in Pediatric Nutrition Support.  In:  Pediatric Nutrition Support, Baker, Baker and Davis, editors.  Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.  Sudbury, MA.  2007.

Miles, AG.  Childhood and Adolescent Overweight:  Taking an Uphill Battle to Level Ground.  The X-File.  Quarterly Bilingual Publication of the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Pediatric Hemophilia Treatment Center.  Summer 2005.  Volume 2, Issue 3.

Miles, AG.  Reed, G.  Nutritional Challenges of Children with Neurologic Impairment.  Support Line.  Building Block for Life.  Pediatric Nutrition Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association Newsletter.  Winter 2004/Spring 2005.  (Updated version of article published in April 2004 for the Dietitians in Nutrition Support Newsletter).

Moag-Stahlberg A, Miles AG, Marcello M.  What kids say they do and what parents think kids are doing:  The ADAF/Knowledge Networks 2003 Family Nutrition and Physical Activity Study.  Journal of the Am Diet Assoc.  2003; 103(11): 1541-1546.

Professional Experience:

University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, Project Nutritionist, Hispanic Community Health Study - August 2008-April 2010

Director, Coordinated Masters Program- May 2009-present

Clinic 4 Kidz January 2009-present Consultant Dietitian The Marcus Institute (currently Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Marcus Autism Center), Atlanta, Georgia April 2003-July 2008

Senior Nutritionist Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia July 1992-June 2008 (full time 1992-1994, part time 1994-2008)

Clinical Nutritionist III Southern Regional Medical Center, Riverdale, Georgia (formerly Clayton General Hospital) November 1990 - June 1992

Clinical Nutritionist Hospital Roosevelt, Guatemala City, Guatemala February 1989 - December 1989 (part-time, ad honorem)

Pediatric Clinical Nutritionist Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala June 1989 - May 1990 

Instructor International Eye Foundation, Yepocapa, Guatemala June 1989 - May 1990

Research Assistant, Nutrition Consultant - Clayton General Hospital, Riverdale, Georgia (currently Southern Regional Hospital) January 1988 - November 1988

Honors:

Outstanding Member of the Year Award - Pediatric Nutrition Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association, September 2010

Clinical MVP (Most Valuable Player) Award- the Marcus Institute, January 2008

State of Georgia Outstanding Dietitian of the Year - Georgia Dietetic Association, April 2005

Outstanding Service to the Greater Atlanta Dietetic Association -Georgia Dietetic Association, May 2004

Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Education - Egleston Children's Healthcare System (Currently Children's Healthcare of Atlanta), 1998

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