Archive for the “Teachers” category
Thickening drinks
Helpful information for families of children who require thickened fluids. Thickened fluids should be under the guidance of a doctor and speech and language therapist
Pre feeding skills helping children with touch on the face
Advice to support young children who are not yet feeding. This helps your child to begin to feel more comfortable with touch around their face and mouth.
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Moving from smooth to lumpy foods
Advice on how to support your child to move between textures in small steps
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Mouth care advice
Advice on mouth care, an important routine to help your child’s teeth and general health. Helpful for families of children with problems with eating and drinking.
More difficult textures
Information about common foods children can find tricky to manage.
Learning to chew
Advice to support children who are beginning to chew but are not doing this consistently
Good mealtimes
Some advice on what to do and what not to do, to help mealtimes more enjoyable
Food play advice
Ways to support children to explore foods gradually away from the mealtimes. Helpful for children with restricted diets or who are worried about the feel, touch, smell and taste of foods.
Drooling and saliva control
Advice to help your child with drooling and saliva control
Cup drinking advice
Advice to help your child with cup drinking. You can also see our video on YouTube.