Therapy for Children 3-5 years
Feeding Assessments for Preschool Children
Early feeding experiences are one of the most important influences in our relationship with food and the enjoyment of eating and drinking, as we grow and develop.
Our speech and language and occupational therapists will support you by assessing your child’s eating, drinking, and swallowing skills and providing advice and strategies for successful, safe, and positive feeding experiences. Onward referral and advice from a paediatric dietitian can be accessed in collaboration with our therapists.
We provide multidisciplinary feeding support. You may consider this if your child has:
- Poor weight gain
- Fussy eating
- Restrictive eating
- Food refusal
- Aspiration
- Problems eating a range of textures
- Problems with chewing and swallowing
- Weaning from a nasogastric tube, in conjunction with your dietitian
Developmental Assessments for Preschool Children
At Nurture and Connect Therapy we view your child holistically and our speech and language therapists and occupational therapists can offer comprehensive developmental assessments:
Children's Speech and Language Therapy
You may wish to consider an individual SLT assessment if your child has:
- Play and interaction difficulties
- Language delay
- Speech delay
- Speech sound difficulties
- Apraxia of speech
- Cleft lip and/or palate
- Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) needs
Children's Occupational Therapy
You may wish to consider an individual OT assessment if your child has:
- Delayed motor skills
- Difficulty developing the skills required for starting school, such as dressing, toileting, and using cutlery
- Delayed play skills
- Regulation difficulties i.e., easily frustrated, difficulty with attention
- Sensory differences
You may wish to consider a joint OT & SLT assessment if your child:
- Was born prematurely and has delayed motor skills
- Has a known genetic condition, such as Down Syndrome, Fragile X
- Acquired brain injury
- Social communication difficulties
