The Fun With Food Programme

Description

For all those who ask ‘How do I get this child to eat?’ this is the answer!

It is a practical, how-to manual for all professionals working with children who don’t want to eat; either those totally tube fed, or those who eat selectively. 

An interdisciplinary programme, it provides comprehensive solutions across multiple areas. The programme is practical and easy to adapt, and can be used selectively or in its entirety.

 Contains assessment forms, outcome measures, session plans, case notes and activity suggestions – everything that the therapist needs.

Designed to develop more efficient and effective services for disabled children with aversion to oral feeding, the Programme has also been used successfully to treat individuals with physical disabilities, learning disabilities, Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Down’s syndrome, sensory processing disorders, and those with complex medical histories but no overt diagnosis.

The Fun with Food Programme is an extremely valuable and much-needed resource for all speech & language therapists, occupational therapists, dieticians & nutritionists, psychologists, social workers, nurses and parents who work with children with aversion to oral feeding.

Contents:

• Introduction;
• Assessment;
• Carer programme;
• Fun before food pre-feeding programme;
• Eating, drinking & swallowing programme;
• Appendices

Reviews:
“This is a much-needed contribution to resources for professionals working with Paediatric feeding patients.” Irene Shetzline Jackson, M.A., CCC-SLP (George Washington University), Doody’s Book Reviews

The book can be used selectively or in its entirety.

There are two programmes within The Fun With Food Programme;

1. Fun before Food – covers pre-food issues; sensory skills, oral facial awareness, food play and normalisation activities. The programme also includes parent and carer sessions, counselling advice and information on how to approach food aversion
2. Fun with Food – is an eating and drinking and swallowing (EDS) programme aimed at providing multiple opportunities for carers and children to practise and develop new skills in a highly supportive environment.

The book offers:

• An Easy To Follow interdisciplinary programme for speech & language therapists, occupational therapists, dieticians & nutritionists, psychologists, social workers, parents and nurses working with children with aversion to oral feeding
• Photocopiable assessment forms, sample letters, and session plans, timetables, case notes and activity suggestions