Poster: SNACKids©

Poster shared by Sally Asquith with permission.

Sally also shared this 2016 poster and I wanted to share. Thank you Sally and Amanda, great work!

Objectives:

1. Blend systematic desensitization with visual supports, open choices, objective comments, and careful use of attentional focus…

2. Offer peer encounters of all ages, largely incidental, sometimes legislated…

3. Present meals/snacks as a social, community event on a chronic, predictable basis…. IN ORDER TO…

4. Improve ~~

• –  acceptance of food as a non-threatening object
• –  volume and variety of intake
• –  bolus direction
• –  “power” in orofacial musculature
• –  requisite oral-motor skills for age-appropriate textures
• –  drinking skills

Sally Asquith, MS, CCC-SLP, Bilingual Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist/Feeding Specialist

SLP At-Large, Executive Board, International Assn. for Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing (iapfs.org)

Executive Director, Carolina Speech & Language Center, Inc.

221 Stallsville Loop, Summerville, SC 29485

P 843.832.1795, F 843.832.9499