Feeding Therapy
Feeding Therapy services at Atlanta Autism Center are available exclusively to clients receiving ABA services
Feeding disorders can affect a child’s nutrition, growth, development, independence, and participation in family and social activities. Feeding challenges can vary widely and may involve medical, nutritional, oral-motor, sensory, or behavioral factors.
Common signs that a child may benefit from a feeding evaluation include:
- Poor growth or difficulty gaining weight
- Dependence on a feeding tube, bottle, or formula beyond what is developmentally expected
- Frequent distress or challenging behaviors during meals
- Mealtimes that are consistently prolonged
- Significant anxiety or distress when introduced to new foods
- Difficulty progressing to age-appropriate food textures
- Difficulty with or refusal to self-feed
- A very limited variety of accepted foods or significant food selectivity
Our interdisciplinary approach helps identify the factors contributing to your child’s feeding difficulties and develop a treatment plan focused on
safe, positive, and functional mealtime skills.
