Did you know . . . we specialise in helping individuals overcome eating, drinking, and swallowing challenges to reach their full potential. Our dedicated team works closely with clients and their families to address a variety of conditions, including autism spectrum disorder feeding issues, breastfeeding challenges, cleft lip and palate concerns, excessive dribbling, neurological-related feeding problems, oral motor difficulties, and more.
Whether it’s transitioning from tube feeding to oral feeding, managing sensory-based feeding aversions, or addressing swallowing difficulties, our experienced speech and language therapists are here to provide personalised support and guidance. We understand that meal times can be stressful, but our goal is to make them more relaxed and enjoyable for everyone involved. No matter the issue, our multidisciplinary team is here to help your child thrive and succeed.
We help with feeding issues such as:
Oral motor difficulties occur when children have difficulty with the movement of the mouth muscles used for eating, drinking and swallowing. Our speech and language therapists can help children to strengthen and coordinate their oral motor movements.
Tube feeding – When oral feeding is no longer a safe option, some children may need to be fed using a tube either through the stomach or the nose. Our speech and language therapists are able to help with any difficulties that may occur as a result of this.
Problems transitioning to oral feeding – When children have been tube fed and it is now safe for them to be fed orally, some children have difficulties in weaning of tube feeding and moving onto oral feeding.
Sensory based feeding difficulties – Some children have sensory aversions to food which our multidisciplinary feeding team can provide advice to support this.
Swallowing difficulties – Swallowing difficulties, also known as dysphagia, can occur at any stage of the swallowing process. Our speech and language therapists are able to identify and support swallowing difficulties in order to ensure a safe and effective swallow.
Tongue tie – A tongue tie occurs when the floor of the mouth is attached to the bottom of the tongue. This can cause a range of speech and feeding difficulties that our speech and language therapists can support.
