This set of handouts includes a parent questionnaire and handouts to use and give to families as you begin Feeding Therapy.
 
Feeding Therapy Parent Questionnaire: This 6-page packet includes a comprehensive list of questions that you can ask prior to your formal feeding evaluation or during your parent interview. These questions address the following:
 
Birth and medical history
Developmental milestones
Nutritional and feeding history
Myofunctional development
Sensory skills
Mealtime behaviors
Texture and taste preferences
Food log and family goals
 
This questionnaire is family-friendly with a list of quick yes/no questions to address feeding history and mealtime behaviors. This packet could also be sent to a family to fill out prior to the evaluation. This parent questionnaire is the perfect guide to help Speech Pathologists and Occupational Therapists in the feeding therapy evaluation process!
 
Feeding Therapy Parent Handouts: 14-pages of family-friendly handouts that cover the following information:
 
What is Feeding Therapy?
The Division of Responsibility
Mealtime Language
Establishing a meal and snack schedule
How does grazing affect appetite?
Importance of Family Meals
Food Play and Exploration
What is Food Chaining?
Sample Food Chaining charts
General Mealtime Tips
 
This packet includes 20 pages of the resources and information you and your clients need! They are simple to read and quick to print in black and white!
 
Therapists love this resource!