It can be difficult to know whether your child is just a picky eater or has a disorder that makes it difficult for them to consume certain foods. Some children may throw a tantrum, gag, spit out their ...

Oral Placement Therapy (OPT) is one of the many speech therapies used for improving speech clarity and feeding in individuals, using the targeted oral motor movement of specific muscles used for ...

Many neurotypical and most neurodivergent children struggle with feeding difficulties. This does not just affect the child – it impacts the whole family. Focused Approach is a startup that helps ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - When Nolan Milligan was six months old, his mother, Katelyn, said he was hesitant to try solid foods. “We started giving him tastes of what we had, but we noticed that once ...

Melanie Potock's journey into becoming a speech pathologist and feeding specialist started after watching her two daughters develop differently as far as their eating habits. One was a picky eater, ...

Young mothers often discuss their children's dietary habits and how they can make each meal more nutritious. Food is necessary for survival and is essential in one's daily routine. In addition, there ...

The lives of many families with kids who struggle with food issues have been changed for the better by food therapy — the process in which a therapist counsels a child and leads them through ...

Jeanine Roddy, M.A., CCC-SLP., has successfully practiced speech therapy, feeding therapy and communication skills training for over 12 years. Jeanine and our certified SLP's are focused on the ...

Early treatment helps with swallowing and eating for SMA kids, but new research is needed on the effects of disease-modifying ...