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Feeding Therapy

Feeding therapy can be completed by a pediatric occupational or speech therapist which, can begin as early as birth, after feeding challenges are identified. We also work closely with lactation consultants to maximize feeding success. Prior to treatment an in depth evaluation is completed to determine the kind of feeding challenge, the severity, and interventions to address the challenges. 

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What Therapy Can Address

  • Oral stimulation with infants who cannot yet bottle or breast feed.

  • Tube weaning (for infants who are tube fed)

  • Interventions that promote bottle/breastfeeding

  • Feeding and dysphagia (swallowing) therapy

  • Parent and caregiver education and home exercise programs.

  • Stimulation and oral motor activities to promote the early development of speech

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Signs Your Infant Has A Feeding Problem

  • Not meeting appropriate developmental milestones (ex. babbling)

  • Coughing, gagging, and/or choking during feeding sessions

  • Lacking alertness during feeding sessions

  • Poor weight gain and growth

  • Has trouble breathing while eating and drinking

  • Crying and pulling away from the bottle or breast during feeding sessions

  • Arches back or stiffens when feeding

  • Takes an extended time to eat (more than 30 minutes)

  • Refuses to eat or drink

  • Excessive drooling

  • Spitting up and/or vomiting frequently

  • Has a hoarse or raspy voice during or after feeding

VILLAGE THERAPY SERVICES

Now accepting kiddos 0-5 for in home or school occupational and physical therapy services

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We provide therapy services for children in the comfort and convenience of their natural environments where they spend majority of their time such as home, school, or daycare. Working with children in their natural environment allows the village therapists to tackle the challenges more efficiently since they are able to observe the skill or behavior in the child's natural environment. Home services are also preferred when a child has medical complexities or they are an infant, home services reduce exposure to infections.
Insurances Accepted: PacificSource, Community Solutions, OHP, and BCBS Regence

 

Learn more about our Preschool/private elementary school services 

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Occupational Therapy

Pediatric Occupational Therapists evaluate and provide services to facilitate growth and independence while addressing fine motor skills, visual motor skills, and sensory processing abilities that a child needs to function and socialize.

Helps improve:

  • Upper extremity strength and coordination

  • Fine motor skills such as grasp and release of toys

  • Visual perceptual / visual motor skills such as hitting a ball or copying from the blackboard

  • Self-care skills: brushing teeth, dressing, self feeding

  • Sensory processing and modulation skills: being able to respond appropriately to environmental stimulation

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Physical Therapy

Pediatric Physical Therapists evaluate and provide services to help kids improve their range of motion, strength, flexibility, and coordinated movement patterns. They promote independence in movement facilitating the most efficient movement possible and improving their abilities to access their environment. 

Helps improve:

  • Range of motion

  • Gross motor skills

  • Balance and strength

  • Coordination

  • Functional mobility and gait (walking)

  • Assists with assistive devices such as walkers, wheelchairs, and lower extremity braces. 

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