Re: need info about feeding therapy

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my son had a speech therapist who did food approximations with him and 2

other kids. Josh would atleast smell the food or touch it with his tongue. I

wish we could still be in that class.

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My son's speech therapist has been working on feeding

Issues with him. I think a good part of it is oral

motor strength. Some foods are too hard to chew.

He also has texture issues. My son loves his his

speech therapist and will try foods for her that he

won't try for me. (my son will actually throw up so

That makes me a little hesitant to make him try new

foods. Some foods (like raw carrots) he can't actually

swallow by themselves. He can't make it into a

bolus. If I give it to him with a bite of cracker. The cracker

helps to hold the carrot pieces together and he can then

swallow it. She has worked on getting him

to like a variety of dips (ranch, BBQ sauce, cheese...)

because if he likes a dip he is more

likely to try a new food if he knows he

already likes the dip on top.

I also sometimes do a bite of less preferred

food then a bite of a favorite food. Praise,

praise, praise. I don't know about you,

but it feels like a long road to me!!

Good luck!!

Noelle

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On Jan 12, 2009, at 3:23 PM, " ponnamaneni " <ponnamaneni@...>

wrote:

> My 4 yr old son has dev delays (speech, fine motor, feeding & oral

> motor delays). He eats only mashed food. He cant chew and just

> swallows the food. He doesnt have any problem with liquids. He has

> oral motor issues (may be dysarthria), and has type/texture

> selectivity. He asks for food when he is hungry and eats without

> troubling (semisoft food only). He wants to try new foods, but just

> tastes the food and rejects it. He is in county preschool and also

> gets private speech therapy. His speech is improving but I dont see

> any improvement in his feeding.

>

> I checked about the feeding programs at kennedy krieger and Mt

> washington pediatric hospital in MD. They have intensive 6-8 weeks

> program or day/outpatient programs. These are not covered in my

> insurance and evaluation itself costs around $1700. They refused to

> tell me the cost of the individual therapy program because they said

> until they evaluate my child and recommend a program, they cant tell

> the actual cost.

>

> My question is, does these intesive feeding programs help kids who

> have oral motor problems. Or does regular speech therapy with oral

> motor exercises help ? Thanks in advance.

>

> -Indu

>

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