Pediatric Feeding Therapy
Our feeding therapists will evaluate how your child chews and swallows food to maintain a healthy, age-appropriate diet, distinguishing between picky eating and more serious disruptions to a child’s feeding patterns that can impede their growth and development. A feeding evaluation will examine your child’s history and present status to determine the best course of treatment based on their physical and behavioral needs.
Children who can benefit from a feeding evaluation include those with a history of:
- Highly picky or particular eating (tastes, textures, colors, etc.)
- Limited or restricted diet due to rigid behaviors and preferences
- Frequent gagging or vomiting during and/or after meals
- Sensory processing and/or behavioral disorders
- Digestive disorders and/or surgery
- Neurological disorders
- GERD (reflux)
- Poor or slow weight gain
- Oral-motor weakness or incoordination
- Oral/facial anomalies, such as cleft lip or palate
Our team collaborates closely with inter- and trans-disciplinary professionals, including occupational and speech therapies, primary care physicians, ENTs, GI specialists and psychologists. Our feeding therapists are trained in a variety of evidenced-based assessment and treatment methods, including:
- The SOS Approach to Feeding
- Beckman Oral Motor Assessment and Intervention
- Food Chaining
If your child exhibits the signs and symptoms listed above, please complete the Feeding Matters Infant and Child Feeding Questionnaire © and contact our office for a free consultation.