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Feeding and Mealtimes: Helping You Get Started Program
$772.00
The Therapy at Home Feeding and Mealtimes: Helping You Get Started Program supports children who are facing feeding and mealtime difficulties.
Through a series of play-filled activities children will be supported to explore foods and work towards enjoying a positive mealtime experience.
The program also helps parents understand and identify the possible underlying causes of their child’s feeding challenges. It offers simple strategies to help decrease mealtime stress and supports parents to consider the various individualised professionals and other support interventions that may be required.
An outcome report is included in this program.
Created for ages 2 – 8 years old.
Pre-orders shipped from Thursday 18 July on a first-paid, first-shipped basis
- Description
- What's in the toolbox?
- What are the benefits?
- What are the goals?
- What skills will we build?
- Optional Individual Therapy Consult
- Outcome Report
Feeding difficulties in children are a common and challenging aspect of child development that can be a source of concern for parents and caregivers. Feeding difficulties can include a reluctance to try new foods, a strong preference for certain types of food, and/or a limited range of accepted foods.
For many children, selective eating is a typical phase of childhood. However, some feeding difficulties extend beyond the typical phase and pose nutritional concerns, as well as significant mealtime stress.
This program supports children in their feeding and mealtime journeys through hands-on, play-filled activities. It was developed by Senior OTs and a Speech Pathologist to offer education, strategies and activities for both children and parents.
Children are invited to engage in sensory play, low-pressure food exploration, food creation and a wide range of activities that can help build comfort and understanding around food.
As always, the program is delivered via online training and a toolbox filled with therapeutic items is sent to all participants to help bring the program to life.
This program also supports parents in a range of powerful ways.
Through a series of evaluations, tools and checklists, parents can identify and understand the underlying factors that could be contributing to their child’s feeding challenges. They’re offered a wide variety of strategies to understand their child’s unique needs and navigate their challenges.
The program does not replace the individualised expert intervention that may be required for some children. Instead, it helps parents identify the wide variety of professionals and other supports that may be available and needed for their child.
We know that there are often lengthy waiting periods to access this kind of support. And, when it is available, it often requires strategies from a range of different professionals.
The Feeding and Mealtimes: Helping You Get Started Program was developed knowing that many parents are desperate to help their children while they await individualised support. And, many parents are eager to implement strategies sooner rather than later, that will help and not hinder their child’s feeding experience.
PLEASE NOTE: The essential components of the toolbox generally don’t change over time unless we are making improvements to the overall program. The specific tools included may differ at times in terms of brand, colour, and other cosmetic differences due to sourcing factors out of our control. This will not affect the therapeutic benefits of the program as intended for the participant. We recommend you only order one program per participant to ensure the appropriate use of funds. We cannot tailor toolboxes or programs to suit specific requests at this time. If you order a program for multiple participants they will receive the same program and toolbox. All shop listing images are representative of the program theme and not necessarily literal representations of what’s in the toolbox.
What's in the toolbox?
The Therapy at Home Feeding and Mealtimes: Helping You Get Started Program comes with a toolbox of resources delivered to your door that aligns with the skill-building modules in the online program. This toolbox provides a practical and playful element that your child can engage with as they follow along with the videos.
The toolbox includes*:
✓ Feeding and Mealtime Tableware Set including 4 silicone divider plates, 4 silicone suction bowls, 4 junior tasting spoons and cutlery set to support the development of daily living and fine motor skills
✓ A food investigator placemat and how-to guide to help understand the factors contributing to feeding challenges and promote language and communication development
✓ A Food Creation card set to encourage exploration and learning around food
✓ A Sensory Play card set to increase comfort around new and unfamiliar foods and provide sensory benefits
✓ A Food Memory card set to facilitate an exploration of foods in a playful and therapeutic way
✓ The ‘Which Food Will You Choose?’ children’s book to encourage food exploration and decision making, and promote cognitive abilities
✓ A ‘Chop It’ Training Set featuring a wavy vegetable cutter and wooden learning knife to encourage involvement in food preparation and support fine motor skill development
✓ An ice-cream shaped Pop It to foster a sense of autonomy with self-feeding skills
✓ Food sticks, large and small tongs, and a compartment dish to assist in the development of fine motor skills and interpersonal skills during family mealtime
✓ And, a Facilitator Guide with detailed checklists, food chaining resources and background information for parents to support the delivery of the program at home
NOTE: some of the resources included in the Therapy at Home toolbox are recommended for ages 3+. Adult supervision will be required when using these products and we would encourage you to use your discretion to determine whether or not these will be appropriate for your child.
* The essential components of the toolbox generally don’t change over time unless we are making improvements to the overall program. The specific tools included may differ at times in terms of brand, colour and other cosmetic differences due to sourcing factors out of our control. This will not affect the therapeutic benefits of the program as intended for the participant.
What are the benefits?
The Therapy at Home Feeding and Mealtimes: Helping You Get Started Program aims to deliver the following benefits for children:
✓ Therapy that feels like play, practised in the comfort of a home environment
✓ On-demand online training videos that are engaging and simple to follow
✓ A carefully designed program that offers fun and engaging opportunities for self-expression and creativity
✓ Simple activities that parents and caregivers can deliver when the time is right
✓ Access to therapeutic services without the clinic-based waitlists
What are the goals?
The Therapy at Home Feeding and Mealtimes: Helping You Get Started Program aims to achieve the following goals for children:
✓ To help uncover — with their caregiver — potential underlying causes of feeding challenges
✓ To learn about foods in a low-pressure, comfortable and engaging environment
✓ To increase comfort around new and unfamiliar foods
✓ To build awareness of sensory properties, preferences and needs
✓ To participate in positive food and mealtime experiences
And for parents or caregivers, it aims to:
✓ Decrease family and child mealtime stress
✓ Offer general, practical strategies for mealtime management
✓ Increase knowledge of possible underlying causes of feeding challenges and required supports
View the Therapy at Home NDIS Goals Guide to see how the participant’s NDIS goals align with our range of Therapy at Home programs.
What skills will we build?
The Therapy at Home Feeding and Mealtimes: Helping You Get Started Program focuses on skill development in the following areas:
✓ Daily living skills through preparing food, exploring food and learning strategies for approaching new foods
✓ Fine motor skills as they engage in sensory play activities, food creation, food exploration and the use of included dinnerware and utensils
✓ Self-care skills as they explore their sensory and food preferences, learn to prepare food and snacks and communicate their preferences
✓ Sensory regulation skills as they engage in sensory play, food discovery and identification activities and as they understand their own preferences and needs
Optional Individual Therapy Consult
When purchasing this program, you have the option to enhance your child’s therapeutic journey with an individual therapy consult. Choose from an AHA Consult, OT Consult, Speech Consult, or Request a Standard Assessment & Report. These personalised consultations provide you with the opportunity to connect with our team of experienced Allied Health Assistants, Occupational Therapists, or Speech Therapists. During the consult, you can discuss your child’s unique needs, receive expert guidance, and tailor the program to ensure the best possible outcomes for your child.
This is not compulsory, if selected our admin team will contact you to arrange an appointment time. All consults will be invoiced separately.
Outcome Report
This program comes with an outcome report for NDIS review purposes.
Parents/guardians must submit online questionnaires measuring the child’s progress before and after the program as a requirement for obtaining the outcome report.
Find out more about how to use your NDIS funds for this program HERE
Therapy at Home provides the option for an outcome report to be included with all Programs. These reports are a summary of the specific program outcomes measured as a result of participating in a specific Therapy at Home Program. This is not a report for decision-making at the full plan level. This is not a report for an end-of-plan review from which a planner can use to make decisions about future funds at a whole plan level.
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