• Poor weight gain/loss
• Picky eating
• Ongoing choking, gagging or coughing during meals
• Ongoing problems with vomiting
• More than once incident of nasal reflux
• History of a traumatic choking incident
• History of eating and breathing coordination problems, with ongoing respiratory issues
• Inability to transition to baby food purees by 10 months of age
• Inability to accept any table food solids by 12 months of age
• Inability to transition from breast/bottle to a cup by 16 months of age
• Has not weaned off baby foods by 16 months of age
• Aversion or avoidance of all foods in specific texture or nutrition group
• Food range of less than 20 foods, especially if foods are being dropped over time with no new foods replacing those lost
• An infant who cries and/or arches at most meals
• Family is fighting about food and feeding (ie. Meals are battles)
• Parent repeatedly reports that the child is difficult for everyone to feed

*Above list is credited to SOS approach to feeding

At your first appointment, the initial evaluation, a therapist will conduct an assessment to determine recommendations for a plan or care, as well as setting therapy goals that are determined in collaboration between therapist and patient (family/guardian). This appointment will take approximately 1 hour to complete. If you have any relevant information (medical history, scans...) you are encouraged to bring that material to this appointment for an in depth consultation. At this appointment the therapist will determine if feeding therapy is medically appropriate for any patient. Assuming that feeding therapy is appropriate, the recommended frequency of treatment (number of days per week and length of each session) would be discussed, and scheduled.

Available at the Following PMC Location(s)

PMC Aquatics at Hagerstown

1105 Maryland Avenue

Hagerstown, MD 21740 

Phone: 301-739-5437

Fax: 301-739-7453