Feeding therapy using evidence-based strategies to help take the stress out of mealtimes for the whole family.
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Mealtimes can be stressful for both parents and children. Our feeding therapists can help make mealtimes a more relaxed and positive experience for all involved. We educate families to understand and support their child’s difficulties for positive mealtime relationships. This includes identifying and addressing challenges related to drinking, eating and swallowing.
Feeding challenges in babies and children can put a lot of strain on family relationships. We aim to educate and inspire the family to understand and support their child’s feeding difficulties. Our therapists equip you with skills and strategies that help improve sensory tolerance, develop chewing skills, increase variety and volume of nutritional intake and reduce avoidance behaviours during mealtimes.
Feeding therapy is a type of therapy that helps individuals improve their ability to eat and drink safely and comfortably.
Feeding Therapy can help with a wide range of issues related to feeding, such as difficulty with chewing and swallowing, picky eating and food refusal.
Improve fine motor skills, Enhance coordination and balance, Increase independence with self-care tasks, Enhance social and emotional skills and Boost self-confidence.
Our Occupational Therapists use a wide range of personally tailored therapy techniques to best suit your needs. As well as being fully qualified and accredited, our therapists have extensive training and experience in the following...
Our feeding therapists use a dynamic assessment to understand the underlying causes and identify areas that may contribute to feeding and swallowing challenges. We then collaborate with you to develop practical feeding plans and techniques and partner with the important people in the child’s life to implement them.
Our feeding therapists have experience in infant and toddler (0-3 years) feeding problems, as well as eating and swallowing difficulties in preschool and school-aged children (3-12 years).
Some of the feeding problems that we work with include:
Feeding Therapy can help with a wide range of issues related to feeding, such as difficulty with chewing and swallowing, picky eating and food refusal.
Improve oral-motor skills
Feeding therapy can help your child develop the skills they need to chew and swallow food safely and comfortably.
Increase food acceptance
Feeding therapy can help your child try new foods and expand their dietary choices.
Enhance mealtime social interaction
Feeding therapy can help your child improve their mealtime social interaction, such as turn-taking and conversation.
Improve nutrition
Feeding therapy can help your child improve their nutrition by expanding their food choices and increasing their intake.
Boost self-confidence
Feeding therapy can help your child feel more confident in their ability to eat and drink safely and comfortably, which can have a positive impact on their overall self-esteem.
Our Occupational Therapists use a wide range of personally tailored therapy techniques to best suit your needs. As well as being fully qualified and accredited, our therapists have extensive training and experience in the following:
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