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Specialization
feeding therapy
Therapy
What Is Feeding Therapy?
Feeding therapy is designed to support an individual accept, tolerate, manipulate, chew and swallow a variety of textures and consistencies as well as eliminate and/or teach the individual compensatory strategies to maximize nutritional intake in a fun and non threatening way. LI Speech’s feeding therapy program consists of multiple treatment approaches that are designed to increase a patient’s food inventory based on nutritional needs and to teach them how to manipulate, chew and swallow various textures and consistencies, eliminate secondary symptoms or diagnoses including but not limited to gastroesophageal reflux (G.E.R.D), excess flatulence (belching, hiccups), stomach aches, heartburn, vomiting or regurgitation and independent of inappropriate compensatory techniques.
candidates
Who Is A Candidate for Feeding Therapy?
Therapy is Designed for Individuals Who May:
- Have difficulty transitioning from breast or bottle to purees or solids
- Exhibit challenges with suck-swallow-breathe coordination during feeding
- Be described as “extremely picky” eaters
- Limit themselves to a small number of foods
- Only eat certain brands of foods
- Have poor weight gain or medical issues due to picky eating
- Avoid foods of a specific texture or texture combinations
- Have difficulty controlling food within their mouth, leading to choking, gagging, or coughing while eating
- Failure to thrive
- Prematurely feeling full despite eating very little
- Limits their diet to include a small number of foods
- Fall below age expectations for weight and/or height based on their chronological age
- Diet consists of mostly carbohydrates or foods with limited nutritional value
- Have difficulty manipulating various textures or consistencies within their mouth….gagging, coughing, or prematurely swallowing without chewing properly or spitting the food out
- Eat quickly and/or drink excessively with meals
- Eat slowly and/or chews slowly or spits unchewed food out
- Suffers from reflux (G.E.R.D), stomach aches, or a globus feeling in the back of the throat
- Experience difficulty swallowing (dysphagia) following illness, injury, or neurological event such as a stroke
- Avoids certain textures or consistencies due to sensory sensitivities, dental issues, or fear of choking
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