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Trouble eating can lead to health, learning, and social problems. Our feeding therapists can help children with feeding & swallowing problems.
● Behavioral challenges
● Sensory sensitivities, such as avoiding certain food textures
● Food refusal or selectivity
● Motor challenges that affect chewing, swallowing, and self-feeding
● Delayed oral motor and self-feeding skills
● Poor nutritional intake
● Vomiting
● Sensory sensitivities and food aversion
● Swallowing difficulties
● Longer than usual mealtimes
● Motor challenges that affect positioning, oral motor skills, and self-feeding
● Vomiting and/or gagging
● Poor nutritional intake
● Food refusal or selectivity
● Negative associations with eating due to discomfort
● Food refusal or selectivity
Seattle Therapy: Skills for Life
Participation in mealtime is one of the most important daily activities for all people, including infants, children, and adolescents. Many children love mealtime and look forward to their favorite snack or food.
However, when participating in mealtime is difficult for a child, it makes mealtime hard for everyone!
Challenges in the area of mealtime participation can include a limited or restricted food repertoire, difficulty sitting still and attending to eating, difficulty chewing foods and negotiating foods orally for breakdown and swallowing, and challenges with utensil use or cup drinking.
Difficulties in one or more of these areas can make participating in daily meal and snack times a challenge at home, at school, and in the community.
In order to begin to assess a child’s participation in mealtime and further examine their feeding skills the following steps are taken:
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We hold the belief that hope begins with feeling understood.
That belief fuels a family-centered therapy process that identifies the specific needs of each child, and tailors a therapy plan that celebrates that child’s successes and acts as a
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Understanding an individual’s specific abilities allows us to maximize his/her potential, rather than manage limitations.
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