PAEDIATRIC FEEDING CLINIC
Glasswing Therapy provide a comprehensive multidisciplinary paediatric feeding clinic where all of your child's feeding needs are assessed and considered on an individual basis. This service is available for Australian and international clients through face to face and telehealth appointments.
We run a successful structured tube weaning program with both gentle and intensive tube weaning options available for suitable clients. This program is being meticulously analysed as part of Amber's latest postgraduate research (our director and principal speech pathologist), and is one of the first of it's kind available worldwide.
Our multidisciplinary feeding team can assist with:
Assistance with breast and bottle feeding (including latch, coordination, and infants with craniofacial anomalies)
Infants/children with poor weight gain (inc. diagnoses of 'failure to thrive')
Weaning from breast or bottle feeding
Babies and children who regularly cough when drinking
Children gagging or vomiting when eating meals
Children transitioning from puree to lumpy/solid foods
Increasing variety and amount of food tolerated
Behaviour problems that arise when eating or drinking
Fussy and picky eaters
Improving oral aversions
Sensory processing difficulties relating to food intake (restricted to certain colours, tastes, textures, sounds etc)
Feeding and swallowing difficulties secondary to gastrointestinal disorders, allergies, intolerances etc
Transitioning from tube feeding to eating orally (tube weaning) (inc. NG, PEG, PEG-J tubes etc)
Babies and children who have a diagnosis that impacts their feeding skills (including medical conditions, physical limitations, craniofacial anomalies, developmental disorders, and neurological conditions)
Anxiety, fear, and other emotional factors relating to feeding
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