Feeding Therapy
Fostering enjoyable and rewarding mealtimes
Feeding therapy using evidence-based strategies to help take the stress out of mealtimes for the whole family.
Whether your child is experiencing feeding difficulties or is a fussy eater, we can help.
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.
Our holistic approach considers all aspects of your child’s wellbeing, including their oral motor skills and sensory processing abilities.
How our feeding therapists can help
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.
Our assessment approach
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 Therapy Techniques
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:
- Difficulty transitioning to solids, lumps or finger foods
- Eating from a limited range of foods only
- Fussy or picky eating, anxious or selective eating
- Sensory aversions to foods
- Chewing or oral motor difficulties
- Feed refusal or distress with feeding and mealtimes
- Stressful mealtimes and mealtime battles
