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Feeding difficulties have identifiable causes: oral-motor, sensory, medical, behavioral, or a combination of these. Feeding therapy establishes which of them apply to your child, and treats them directly.<\/p>\n
Jump to:<\/strong><\/p>\n Feeding therapy addresses how a child accepts, manages and swallows food. We assess oral-motor skill, meaning the strength and coordination needed to chew and swallow safely, alongside sensory responses to texture, temperature and smell, and the routines that shape mealtimes.<\/p>\n From that assessment we set functional goals: expanding the range of accepted foods, progressing from purees to solids, moving from bottle to cup, improving chewing efficiency, or building tolerance for remaining at the table.<\/p>\n Food is introduced through structured exploration, touching, smelling and handling, before any tasting is expected. Forced intake is associated with increased refusal and heightened distress, so it has no place in treatment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Reducing gagging, coughing and aspiration risk during meals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Systematically expanding the range of accepted foods and textures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Strength and coordination for chewing and managing solid textures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Bottle to cup, purees to solids, and age-appropriate progression.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Tolerating the table, the meal and the routine surrounding it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Coordinated with your pediatrician, gastroenterologist or dietitian.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Therapy sessions account for a small fraction of a child weekly meals. Parent coaching is therefore part of the treatment plan rather than an addition to it.<\/p>\n We work with you on mealtime structure, seating and positioning, how food is presented, and how to respond to refusal. Recommendations are specific, limited in number, and reviewed at each visit so they can be adjusted to your household.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n For coverage, here are the plans we work with<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Selective eating and a clinical feeding difficulty can present similarly. The distinguishing factors are the size of the accepted repertoire, whether it is narrowing, the presence of oral-motor or sensory findings, and the degree of distress involved. An evaluation establishes which applies.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n No. Forced intake increases refusal and is not part of our practice. Exposure is graded to your child tolerance and advances from there.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n It may be sensory, oral-motor, medical, or a combination. Distinguishing between them is the purpose of the evaluation, and the reason we coordinate with your child physician.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n Sensory processing affects both. Our occupational and feeding therapists work in the same clinic and share findings when a child is seen by both. More on occupational therapy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n Costs and payment, explained plainly<\/a>, including private pay and Step Up.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n Describe what mealtimes look like at home and we will tell you whether an evaluation is warranted.<\/p>\n Contact us<\/a> See all therapies<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Feeding Therapy Feeding difficulties have identifiable causes: oral-motor, sensory, medical, behavioral, or a combination of these. Feeding therapy establishes which of them apply to your child, and treats them directly. In brief We assess chewing, swallowing, food acceptance and the structure of mealtimes. Treatment is graded and pressure-free. Exposure advances at your child tolerance, never […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":359,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-789","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_hostinger_reach_plugin_has_subscription_block":false,"_hostinger_reach_plugin_is_elementor":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skillsforgrowth.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skillsforgrowth.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skillsforgrowth.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skillsforgrowth.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skillsforgrowth.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=789"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/skillsforgrowth.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":894,"href":"https:\/\/skillsforgrowth.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/789\/revisions\/894"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skillsforgrowth.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skillsforgrowth.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
\nWhat feeding therapy is<\/h2>\n
When an evaluation is warranted<\/h2>\n
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What an evaluation involves<\/h2>\n
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What we treat<\/h2>\n
Parent coaching<\/h2>\n
How to begin<\/h2>\n
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Questions parents ask<\/h2>\n
Is this simply selective eating?<\/summary>\n
Will my child be made to eat?<\/summary>\n
My child gags on certain textures. Is that sensory?<\/summary>\n
How does this relate to occupational therapy?<\/summary>\n
What does it cost?<\/summary>\n
Keep reading<\/h2>\n
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Concerned about your child eating?<\/h2>\n