WHAT WE DO?
We Offer Treatment For
Pediatric-Geriatric Feeding/Swallowing Disorders
Outpatient program specializing in the evaluation and treatment of
feeding and swallowing disorders. We offer parent and care-giver training and
assistance to transition the success from our clinic to your home. Our
program identifies strategies to assist patients who present with
feeding/swallowing difficulties such as:
- Inability to progress in textures
- Sensory defensiveness to certain textures/tastes
- Nutritional deficiencies
- Dependence on tube feedings
- Ongoing weight loss or poor weight gain
- Food refusal
- Mealtime tantrums
- Extremely limited variety of foods
- Airway penetration/aspiration on liquids/solids
- Inability to safely swallow foods after a traumatic event (stroke, TBI, accident, etc..)
- Feeding/swallowing difficulty due to specific neuromuscular disorders
Our team works to address the clinical and behavioral aspects of feeding disorders, and develop a treatment plan to address specific needs. We will collaborate with other professionals, as well as family members/school personnel to ensure that we achieve success in multiple environments.
Signs/Symptoms Of A Feeding/Swallowing Disorder:
- Ongoing weight loss or poor weight gain.
- Recurrent choking, gagging, coughing or vomiting during meals.
- Difficulty achieving developmental milestones for feeding (e.g., weaning from bottles, transitioning to table food and/or higher textures of solid foods).
- Sensation of feed being stuck when eating or drinking.
- Tantrums and crying during mealtimes.
- Extremely limited variety of foods.
- Oral motor difficulties and delays.
- Sensory difficulties related to food.
A speech and language pathologist (SLP) specializes in the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of
communication disorders, voice disorders and swallowing disorders. We provide a flexible schedule
for therapy, and work with patients and families to meet their goals.
Our speech therapists evaluate and treat:
- Apraxia of Speech
- Feeding and Swallowing Difficulties
- Expressive and Receptive Communication Difficulties
- Myofucntional Therapy
- Stuttering
- Articulation Difficulties
- Auditory Processing
- Social Skills Development
- Tongue Thrust
The speech therapy staff utilizes a variety of therapeutic strategies including:
Articulation and Phonology Intervention
PROMPT Therapy
Augmentative Communication Devices
Oral Motor Strengthening
Motor Planning Skills and Development
Vocabulary and Language Building
