Feeding Program

Feeding can be a very frustrating activity for many families and children

Our feeding therapy is provided by either a speech language pathologist or an occupational therapist that will create an individualized plan for a child’s success. Available for children of all ages.

Our team will provide support and help in the following areas:

• Texture aversion/severe restriction of food types
• Mealtime behavior challenges/refusals
• Oral motor weakness/issues
• Limited intake/refusals of foods/liquids
• Picky eaters
• Patients transitioning off of the bottle to cup/straw
• Patients transitioning from stage 2 to stage 3/table foods
• Difficulty or inability to safely swallow foods/liquids
• Gagging/vomiting
• Becoming a more independent feeder
• Slow or poor weight gain
• Developmental delays/disorders/syndromes that can cause underlying feeding difficulties
• Medical diagnoses related to eating difficulties
• Provide age appropriate feeding/drinking skills
• Patients who have not done well on or failed a modified barium swallow study (videofluoroscopy study)

Each child’s progress is measured by (specific to each child):

• Weight gain
• Transition
• Increasing food intake
• Increasing food variety
• Eat/drink safely