Feeding Services
Feeding & Swallowing Therapy
Making mealtimes less stressful and more nourishing for your family. We help children and adults overcome feeding challenges with gentle, evidence-based care.
Who This Is For
Is feeding therapy right for you?
Picky Eaters
Children who refuse entire food groups, only eat a handful of foods, or struggle with new textures and flavors at mealtimes.
Problem Feeders
Children with extremely limited diets (fewer than 20 foods) who may gag, cry, or have meltdowns around food and eating.
Texture Aversions
Children who avoid certain textures, refuse to touch foods, or have difficulty transitioning from purees to solid foods.
Oral Motor Delays
Children with weakness or coordination difficulties in the muscles used for chewing and swallowing, affecting safe and efficient eating.
Adult Swallowing Disorders
Adults with dysphagia from stroke, neurological conditions, head and neck surgery, or aging-related swallowing changes.
What We Treat
Feeding challenges we specialize in
Pediatric Feeding Difficulties
We help children who struggle with transitioning to solids, oral motor weakness, food refusal, and stress or avoidance around eating. Our approach is gentle, never forceful, and always respects the child's pace.
Adult Swallowing (Dysphagia)
For adults experiencing swallowing difficulties after stroke, neurological conditions, or age-related changes, we provide evidence-based swallowing therapy to improve safety and quality of life during meals.
Sensory-Based Feeding Issues
Many feeding challenges are sensory in nature. We use sensory-based strategies to help children become more comfortable exploring, touching, and tasting new foods at their own pace.
Our Approach
Gentle, never forceful
We use the SOS (Sequential Oral Sensory) Approach and other evidence-based feeding methodologies to help children and adults overcome feeding challenges. Our therapy is always gentle, child-led, and never forceful — we never force a child to eat or put food in their mouth without consent.
Sensory-based feeding therapy helps children become comfortable with new foods through a systematic progression: tolerating food nearby, touching it, smelling it, tasting it, and eventually eating it. Each step is celebrated, and there is no pressure to move faster than the child is ready.
Our family-centered model means we work closely with parents and caregivers to transform mealtimes at home. We provide practical strategies for reducing mealtime stress, introducing new foods, and building positive associations with eating.
The Process
What to expect
Feeding Evaluation
A comprehensive assessment of oral motor skills, sensory responses, feeding history, and mealtime behaviors.
Treatment Plan
Individualized goals based on your family's priorities, your child's needs, and evidence-based feeding strategies.
Regular Sessions
Consistent therapy sessions focused on building comfort with food, improving oral motor skills, and expanding the diet.
Family Coaching
We teach families strategies for positive mealtimes at home, so progress generalizes beyond the therapy room.
Progress & Celebration
We track food acceptance, mealtime behaviors, and nutritional variety, celebrating every new food and every calmer meal.
Struggling with mealtimes?
You do not have to navigate feeding challenges alone. Give us a call to discuss your concerns and learn how feeding therapy can help your family.