SERVICES

Feeding Therapy

ABOUT SOAR FEeding

Is your child demonstrating bottle refusal? Does your child only eat a handful of brand specific foods? Is your child having a difficult time transitioning from purees to solids? Is your child unable to chew varying food textures or drink from an open cup? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then your child may benefit from feeding therapy and we would love to have the opportunity to work with you and your family!

At SOAR Pediatric Therapy, we want to provide parents and caregivers with the confidence to help your child succeed, so we love when we have the opportunity to come into your house for mealtime or go with you to a family favorite restaurant to help your child work through their challenges! 

Within therapy sessions, we utilize Dr. Kay Toomey’s Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) Approach to Feeding, as well as Food Chaining to help expand your child’s food repertoire. We also address delayed oral motor skills, open mouth breathing and myofunctional disorders through exercises and specific practice.

We love working with little ones to create foundational feeding skills from the root as well as those who have formed unfavorable eating habits over several years.

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My five year old son has been working with Elizabeth in food therapy for over two years. His progress has been amazing! When we first started working with her he ate very few foods due to sensory issues. He was scared of many foods’ presence on the table and distressed when asked to interact with foods. Now he is willing and able to eat a variety of foods that can form a complete meal. Elizabeth demonstrates extreme patience when working with him on the steps of eating and is also firm enough to encourage and push him when needed. We appreciate in-home therapy so she can work with him at our kitchen table in his typical eating environment. Our family highly recommends Elizabeth and her services!

– S.B.

Evaluations

We provide thorough feeding evaluations for children aged newborn to 18 years of age. During the evaluation, extensive medical history is obtained, in addition to a current food repertoire and 3-day food log. Furthermore, presentation of preferred and non-preferred foods are encouraged to allow the therapist to see your child’s interaction with varying foods. Throughout the evaluation, the clinician will model varying feeding therapy strategies to determine appropriate recommendations. Children who often benefit from feeding therapy may demonstrate one or several of the following:

 

  • Bottle/food refusal
  • Food selectivity by brand and/or texture
  • Oral motor dysfunction/Myofunctional disorder
  • GI issues (i.e. vomiting, constipation, etc.)
  • Failure to thrive
  • Mealtime tantrums
  • Open mouth breathing

FEEDING GROUPS

Are you tired of packing the same foods for yours child’s lunch every day? Can you count on one hand how many foods your child is willing to eat? Has meal time become an unpleasant experience for the entire family? If so, your child may benefit from our fun and interactive feeding groups.

Reach out for more information if you are interested in joining a feeding group!

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