Our innovative Feeding Therapy services help children with feeding disturbances learn to eat a balanced diet and experience less stress during mealtimes – ensuring healthier habits for the rest of their lives. Using a multidisciplinary feeding therapy evaluation, our trained therapists create a plan that meets your child’s individual needs. Our non-invasive, supportive approach helps resolve your child’s feeding issues …
by JANET ST. JAMES DALLAS — Abigail Barnes might be one of the few four-year-olds who is encouraged to play with her food. “Food has to be fun in order for kids to want to eat it,” says Jenny McGlothlin, a feeding therapist at the UT Dallas Callier Center. Abigail was born with a rare genetic condition called Glygogen Storage …
Catering to a child who is a picky-eater is like being a short-order cook: chaotic. Dinnertime becomes a war zone, with hopeless battles fought over vegetables and macaroni and cheese. Picky eating is as normal as potty-training, a rite of passage in childhood development. Taste-buds evolve and food preferences expand in these early years. Even the best of parents can …
If your child has GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease), you are probably very concerned as a parent, and are eager to hear about a feeding therapy solution that can help your child enjoy nutritious meals without undesirable symptoms like acid reflux or heartburn. Feeding therapy is helpful to children because it deals with a wide array of problems that are associated …
There is often a link between Aspergers and eating problems. Children with Aspergers sometimes have very limited food choices, as well as oral aversions due to sensory issues. Many children with Aspergers do not think of food emotionally, so they only eat when they are very hungry, and the actual feeling of hunger can be influenced by a child’s sensory …
I and the therapists on my team work hard to cover as much of Chicago as possible. So far these are the areas in which we conduct in-home, private feeding therapy: Downtown (the Loop) West Loop River North Gold Coast Old Town Lincoln Park Lakeview Uptown Bucktown Roscoe Village Wicker Park North Shore (Wilmette, Winnetka, Lake Forest, etc) Western Suburbs …
Feeding disorders include problems gathering food and getting ready to suck, chew, or swallow it. For example, a child who cannot pick up food and get it to her mouth or cannot completely close her lips to keep food from falling out of her mouth may have a feeding disorder. Swallowing disorders , also called dysphagia (dis-FAY-juh), can occur at …
Children with feeding and swallowing problems have a wide variety of symptoms. Not all signs and symptoms are present in every child. The following are signs and symptoms of feeding and swallowing problems in very young children: arching or stiffening of the body during feeding irritability or lack of alertness during feeding refusing food or liquid failure to accept different …
If you suspect that your child is having difficulty eating, contact your pediatrician right away. Your pediatrician will examine your child and address any medical reasons for the feeding difficulties, including the presence of reflux or metabolic disorders. A speech-language pathologist (SLP) who specializes in treating children with feeding and swallowing disorders can evaluate your child and will: ask questions …
Treatment varies greatly depending on the cause and symptoms of the swallowing problem. Based on the results of the feeding and swallowing evaluation, the SLP or feeding team may recommend any of the following: medical intervention (e.g., medicine for reflux) direct feeding therapy designed to meet individual needs nutritional changes (e.g., different foods, adding calories to food) increasing acceptance of …
