Feeding Therapy

Specializing in:

• Food Selectivity
• Difficulties Sucking
• Food or Texture Refusal
• Difficulties Chewing
• Mealtime Tantrums
• Difficulties Feeding
• Difficulties Swallowing
• Reduced Food and Liquid Intake

Occupational therapy plays a vital role in feeding therapy, especially for children with feeding difficulties. Occupational therapists evaluate the possible variables impacting feeding, which include sensory processing, oral motor skills, and behavioral patterns. Through skilled intervention using various techniques, including the SOS Approach to Feeding, the occupational therapist will provide a safe, calm environment aimed at making the patient feel confident whether it is trying new foods, using utensils, drinking from cup, developing new mealtime routines, or overcoming sensory avoiding behaviors.
Our facility aims to provide a multidisciplinary approach with a speech language pathologist ensure safety with eating and promote patient success.

Our occupational therapists will work with you or your child’s feeding difficulties through the following:

• Trialing new foods
• Reduce aversion to taste, smell, and texture
• Increasing a variety of foods in diet
• Food chaining
• Use of utensils and cups
• Adaptive equipment
• Oral motor exercises
• Sensory Integration
• Reduce negative behaviors associated with food
• Health vs unhealth food options
• Safety while eating