Feeding Therapy -> Oral Motor Skills
Oral Motor Skills
Oral motor skills include awareness, strength, co-ordination, movement and endurance of the mouth; jaw, tongue, cheeks and lips. The ability to move oral structures appropriately for various feeding steps.
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Reference links
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Activities to Improve Oral Motor Skills 0
Author: NHS Ayrshire & Arran - This booklet is to give you ideas and activities to help support your child / young person to improve the awareness and co-ordination of their oral motor skills. Oral motor skills include awareness, strength, co-ordination, movement and endurance of the mouth; jaw, tongue, cheeks and lips. All references to child or children mean either a child or young person.
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A Little PEP Goes a Long Way In the Treatment of Pediatric Feeding Disorders 2
Author: Teresa Boggs and Neina Ferguson - Feeding disorder in young children is a growing concern, particularly feeding challenges with sensory and/or behavioral underpinning. These feeding disorders are characterized by food refusal, anxiety when presented with novel foods, failure to advance to textured foods, and inappropriate mealtime behaviors. The Positive Eating Program (PEP) was developed to remediate feeding disorders by providing rich experiences in food vocabulary, positive sensory nonfood and food activities, and structured and predictable through trials
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Related Disorder(s)
- Feeding disorders - A feeding disorder, in infancy or early childhood, is a child's refusal to eat certain food groups, textures, solids or liquids for a period of at least one month, which causes the child to not gain enough weight, grow naturally or cause any developmental delays.
- Neurological Conditions - Types of neurological conditions may include: Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementias, Brain Cancer, Epilepsy and Other Seizure Disorders, Mental Disorders, Parkinson’s and Other Movement Disorders, and Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA).
Goal Bank
- Client will demonstrate a correct swallow pattern with salvia/liquids with 80% accuracy of X opportunities presented in order to improve a daily living skill. 0