Data collection

• Monitoring changes in feeding behaviors
• Making adjustments to your child’s protocol to provide the greatest chance of success through closely monitoring changes in your child’s eating habits
  

Support

• After successful completion of the program our feeding consultants monitor the progress your child has made to see if it is maintained or can be improved upon in your child’s normal environment
  

We have found over time that the younger the child is the easier it is to treat. The more experience the child has with feeding issues, the harder it is to correct.

We work with the child as much as needed. We tailor our protocols according to the needs of your child, as well as to the parent. Some parents have to travel long distances, and that is sometimes a consideration for the particular parent.

Typically we would like to see a child once or twice a week. Usually we like to see the child twice a week for the first couple of weeks, then wean down from there. Most problems can be corrected in no more than 4-6 weeks. Some take less, some more. It all depends on the case.

The first step is always determining whether a child can safely eat. In order to do this several tests such as the MBS, endoscopy, allergy testing, nutritional analysis, etc. must be taken into account. Once these issues are resolved, the rest falls onto the consultant to structure meals to increase oral intake to meet the caloric needs determined by a nutritionist.

Although we have not expanded yet to have some of these disciplines in-house, we do work with outside professionals, or with people already following the child's history.

The consultants are the ones who design protocols to meet the specific needs of your child. This of course
is done taking evaluations of other disciplines in mind.

Whether allergies, tube cuts, or aspiration: all variables play a part in how the protocols are designed to effectively higher PO intake in a safe manner, while decreasing problematic behaviors that hinder proper mealtime behavior.