Advice for gagging and choking
Advice explaining the difference between gagging and choking and how to help your child.
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Advice explaining the difference between gagging and choking and how to help your child.
Tips and strategies to support children who overfill their mouth at meal and snack times
Advice on supporting children who have a limited range of foods
Advice to help your child with cup drinking. You can also see our video on YouTube.
Advice to help your child with drooling and saliva control
A poster with QR codes providing quick access to supportive information needed for children with dysphagia or eating and drinking advice in place. This can be displayed in kitchens, schools and settings
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.
Some advice on what to do and what not to do, to help mealtimes more enjoyable
Advice to support children who are beginning to chew but are not doing this consistently
Information about common foods children can find tricky to manage.
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.
Advice on how to support your child to move between textures in small steps