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PEDIATRIC

FEEDING THERAPY

Feeding therapy helps children overcome eating and feeding challenges, build a positive relationship with food, and improve their nutritional intake and quality of life. Working with a speech-language pathologist and/or occupational therapist, children receive individualized support to address the physical, sensory, behavioral, and emotional factors that may affect their ability to eat and enjoy food.

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Feeding Therapy is for:

  • Poor ​weight gain or weight loss

  • Choking, gagging, coughing, or vomiting
    during or following meals

  • Refusing food even when hungry

  • Reflux concerns

  • Breathing coordination concerns or ongoing respiratory issues

  • Picky eating tendencies

  • Inability to transition to food purees

  • Inability to accept table food solids

  • Spilling of food from mouth

  • Difficulty with chewing

  • Inability to transition from breast/bottle to cup

  • Unable to wean off baby foods

  • Aversion or avoidance of foods (of a particular texture or nutrition group)

  • Consumes a food range of less than 20 foods

  • Excessive crying or avoidance around mealtimes

  • Loss of interest in previously consumed foods

  • Pocketing food in cheeks

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How we help:

​We employ a play-based approach to ensure children enjoy their experience while also offering consistent caregiver support and training for home carryover in feeding. Tailored to each client's unique needs, we implement a range of feeding expansion programs and support strategies.

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