Feeding Therapy
Who Is This For?
All Ages
WHAT IS IT?
Feeding therapy is a specialized type of therapy designed to help infants, children, and adults with feeding difficulties caused by a variety of factors such as sensory processing disorders, oral motor dysfunction, or medical conditions like cleft palate or reflux. This therapy involves a combination of techniques and exercises aimed at improving oral motor skills, sensory processing, and overall feeding abilities. Feeding therapy may involve working with a speech-language pathologist, occupational therapist, or a specialized feeding therapist to develop an individualized treatment plan that addresses the patient's specific needs. Techniques used in feeding therapy may include food desensitization, oral motor exercises, and sensory integration techniques to improve the patient's ability to tolerate and accept different textures and flavors of food. If you or your child are experiencing feeding difficulties, don't hesitate to contact us today to schedule an evaluation with one of our experienced therapists. We are committed to helping our patients achieve optimal feeding function and overall oral health.
Why Seek Therapy?
Long term consequences of feeding/swallowing disorders can include:
Picky eaters
Oral aversions
Compromised respiration/lung status
Dehydration
Malnutrition
Gastrointestinal Complications
Poor weight gain
Ongoing need for enteral feedings (NG Tubes, PEG tubes)
Psychosocial impacts on the entire family unit
Pediatric incidences persist into adulthood including the risk for choking, malnutrition, undernutrition, airway compromise, sleep disordered breathing.
Therapies We Address:
Helping you with your picky eater
Oral sensory function
Mealtime behaviors
Mastering Self-Feeding skills
Using appropriate feeding utensils and other devices
Reducing the risk of choking and gagging while you eat
Decrease drooling behaviors
Providing Diet modifications if needed to protect the airway
Personalized program plans as a results of swallowing evaluations during meals with and without formal instrumentation
Telepractice options are available
