FEEDING INTERVENTION 101

Course overview

*Define factors that influence feeding, eating, and mealtime occupations. *Understand the sequence of typical feeding and self-feeding skills. *Describe how feeding contributes to and reflects the parent-child relationship. *Analyze how a disability can interfere with feeding interactions. *Explain the evaluation of and intervention for oral sensory and motor impairments as they affect feeding skills of children. *Define and describe swallowing disorders and intervention for swallowing problems.