Feeding therapy

Child in an orange dress feeding a spoon into a colorful "Feed Me" monster prop during a feeding therapy session.

What is Feeding Therapy?

Feeding therapy is focused support for children who have difficulty eating or drinking, participating in mealtime or navigating different forms and varieties of nutritional intake. Feeding opportunities are available to children with challenges including sensory processing disorder, developmental delay, anxiety disorder, and many others.

Feeding opportunities are available to children with challenges including sensory processing disorder, developmental delay, anxiety disorder, and many others.

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Young child with a ponytail eating a small piece of food while looking in a mirror during a feeding therapy session.

Treatment Sessions

Therapy will provide individualized, recommendations and treatment sessions that are tailored to meet the needs of your child with strategies for supports at home and in the community. ​We believe in making therapy functional and personally relevant to you and your child to promote success outside of the session. This is done through providing parent coaching, integrating therapy into daily routines and activities of daily living, and taking advantage of home, clinic, and community settings.

All treatment models are chosen to maximize the best approach to meet your child’s goals. Some examples might be:

  • Individual therapy sessions

  • Intensive treatment over multiple days

  • Naturally occurring social opportunities

  • Parent support & education within sessions

BOLD Center Approach

​We believe in making therapy functional and personally relevant to you and your child to promote success outside of the session. This is done through providing parent coaching, integrating therapy into daily routines and activities of daily living, and taking advantage of home, clinic, and community settings.

The occupation of a child is PLAY! Therapy supports overall development and progression of skills by identifying activities that are motivating and engaging. As children learn and grow, they do this through interacting with a variety of tools, objects, and within a variety of environments or settings. This allows them to build foundational skills to support their continued development across the lifespan. If there are challenge areas which are negatively impacting their development, this can slow or stunt their progress in a variety of areas.

At BOLD center we promote development through therapeutic interventions of play, the use of fun varied equipment and exercise and movement routines, which may include music, technology devices, sports or exercise equipment and many other creative modalities.

  • Smiling girl in an orange top playing on therapy equipment with a therapist nearby, next to a green ball and a blue therapy ball.
  • Young child in a yellow shirt crawling through a black fabric tunnel while a smiling therapist supports them.
  • Toddler with blonde pigtails in a striped shirt crawling out of a colorful play tunnel.

Goal of Therapy

Our therapists use a variety of techniques and approaches to assess and treat feeding issues, including oral motor exercises, sensory integration techniques, and behavioral interventions.

We understand that feeding challenges can be stressful and overwhelming for both the individual and their family. That’s why we take a family-centered approach, working closely with parents and caregivers to develop personalized treatment plans that address the specific needs and goals of each individual.

At BOLD Center every individual deserves the opportunity to enjoy mealtime and experience the social and nutritional benefits of eating. BOLD Center occupational therapists are trained in specialty skills to address feeding difficulties. This is an area of advanced training for both speech and occupational therapist. BOLD Center will work with your provider for the referral to the providers with this specialty training.

Young child with pigtails seated at a table with a snack bowl and water bottle, looking at their reflection in a mirror during a feeding therapy session.

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Occupational therapy

Develop life skills with fun activities that improve motor skills, sensory processing, regulation and independence.

Speech Therapy Openings

Help your child communicate clearly and confidently with with expressive and receptive speech and language skills.

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Physical therapy

Strengthen movement, coordination, and motor skills through engaging exercises and play-based activities.

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Telehealth therapy

Tele health therapy providing access to therapy supports via creative online options.