I want to share some simple ideas for assessing children with feeding disorders, specifically toddlers with feeding difficulty, g-tube dependence, or food refusal/ extreme picky eating and prioritizing intervention. Think about the whole child when assessing. The oral motor pattern is the last thing you should address(I realize this is the opposite of what most of us have been Keep Reading >>
Transitioning past a suckle oral transport pattern
By Cathy Fox MS OT/L & Krisi Brackett MS SLP/CCC Children with feeding problems often get stuck in the suckle oral transport pattern and have difficulty advancing to higher level oral skills. The suckle is a normal transitional pattern that emerges as a child transitions from lower to higher level oral skills. It is important to determine what is blocking the child from advancing to Keep Reading >>
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