Feeding Therapy

Signs your child may benefit from feeding therapy 

• Eats a very limited range of foods, avoiding certain textures, tastes, or food groups.

• Frequent coughs or choking during meals, or demonstrates signs of aspiration (food or liquid entering the airway).

• Mealtime is consistently stressful, with the child exhibiting extreme resistance, anxiety, or tantrums during feeding.

• Slow weight gain or growth delays.

• Gagging or vomiting before, during, or after meals. 

• Consistently refuses to eat specific foods or food groups

• Strong aversions to certain food textures, temperatures, tastes, or smells, indicating sensory sensitivities that impact eating.

• Difficulty chewing, biting, or moving food around in the mouth.

• Significantly delayed in reaching age-appropriate feeding and self-feeding milestones.

• Difficulty transitioning to solid foods

• Recurrent digestive issues, such as stomachaches, constipation, diarrhea, or other gastrointestinal problems.

• Underlying medical conditions (e.g., prematurity, developmental delays, neurological disorders) that impact their feeding abilities.

• Signs of anxiety, stress, or fear related to food, mealtimes, or eating in social settings.

Areas we address 

• Oral motor skills

• Sensory processing 

• Texture and food aversions 

• Self-feeding skills

• Swallowing skills 

Techniques we use: 

• Sequential Oral Sensory Approach (SOS)

• AEIOU (acceptance, exposure, independence, observation and understanding)

• Responsive Feeding