Feeding Therapy
What Is ARFID? Understanding Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder in Kids
Child Counseling, Feeding Therapy
May marks both Pediatric Feeding Disorder Awareness Month and Mental Health Awareness Month, making it the perfect time to spotlight ARFID (Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder). ARFID is a condition that involves both feeding and mental health challenges.
Tips for Navigating Picky Eating Around the Holiday
Feeding Therapy, Parent Education
The holidays are just around the corner, which usually means big family gatherings, Thanksgiving dinners, and the challenge of getting your picky eater to try anything beyond their favorite go-to foods!
11 Effective At-Home Tips for Your Picky Eater
Children Activities, Feeding Therapy
There are a multitude of reasons a child can be a picky eater, from personality traits to social and paternal/maternal influences and eating patterns. Sometimes, your kid is just a kid.
My Child is a Picky Eater. Does Pediatric Feeding Therapy help?
Feeding therapy is conducted by a specially trained speech-language pathologist and/or occupational therapist with the goal to reduce mealtime aversions and increase overall food repertoires for proper nutritional intake. It typically is for “problem eaters” between 18 months and 18 years of age. Therapy or follow-up visits may be recommended with a frequency determined by the child’s needs.
What are AAC devices and how can they help my child?
ABA Therapy, Feeding Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy
As human beings, we were designed to communicate. As communicators, we should be able to request, question, comment, express feelings and emotions, etc.
While some may not use their words to communicate, everyone should at least have the tools to be able to communicate.
What does a pediatric feeding therapy session look like for your child?
Pediatric feeding therapy sessions at Westside address children with feeding and swallowing difficulties in multiple ways. Feeding/eating is the most complex behavior a body can perform. Eating involves the entire sensory system, all organs, muscles, learning/development based on age, nutritional status, and environment.