Intervention approaches for Feeding

Which of the following is the correct order for the Developmental Food Continuum:

• 1. 1. Milk diet

  2. 2. Baby cereals and puree

  3. 3. Soft mashed table food

  4. 4. Meltable solids

  5. 5. Soft mechanicals

  6. 6. Hard mechanicals

• 1. 1. Milk diet

  2. 2. Baby cereals and puree

  3. 3. Soft mashed table food

  4. 4. Soft mechanicals

  5. 5. Meltable solids

  6. 6. Hard mechanicals

• 1. 1. Milk diet

  2. 2. Baby cereals and puree

  3. 3. Soft mashed table food

  4. 4. Soft mechanicals

  5. 5. Soft cubes

  6. 6. Hard mechanicals

• 1. 1. Milk diet

  2. 2. Baby cereals and puree

  3. 3. Meltable solids

  4. 4. Soft mashed table food

  5. 5. Soft cubes

  6. 6. Hard mechanicals

These are examples of what type of food in the Developmental Food Continuum:

• Soft Mechanicals

• Soft Cubes

• Meltable Soilids

• Hard Mechanicals

What is food chaining? (Clicks all that applies)

• Taking a food that your child is already eating, and next identifying new foods that are similar in properties and presenting these new foods to the child one at a time.

• Making chains using the food

• Introducing changes in the different properties such as shapes, colours, sizes, smell, flavour, texture, etc in each step

• Creating stepping stones between one type of food to another

Which one should be the correct food chaining for chicken nuggets to baked fish?

• 1. 1. Chicken Nuggets

  2. 2. Fish Nuggets

  3. 3. Fish Fingers

  4. 4. Fish Fillet

  5. 5. Baked Fish

• 1. 1. Chicken Nuggets

  2. 2. Fish Nuggets

  3. 3. Fish Fillet

  4. 4. Fish Fingers

  5. 5. Baked Fish

• 1. 1. Chicken Nuggets

  2. 2. Fish Fillet

  3. 3. Fish Nuggets

  4. 4. Fish Fingers

  5. 5. Baked Fish

• 1. 1. Chicken Nuggets

  2. 2. Fish Fillet

     3. Fish Fingers

  3. 4. Fish Nuggets

  4. 5. Baked Fish

What is SOS approach to Feeding?

• First Aid provided to children with feeding issues.

• Feeding focuses on increasing a child’s comfort level by exploring and learning about the different properties of food.

• Approach to help children work on their muscles for feeding.

• Medical help provided by the hospital for children with initial feeding problems.

Based on the SOS Approach to Feeding, there are how many steps to eating?

• 30

• 31

• 32

• 6

Which of these is the correct order of the 6 major steps to feeding?

• 1. 1. Tolerate the presence of the food

  2.Interact with the food without directly touching the food

  3.Touching the food with your fingers, hands, body and mouth

  4. 4. Smell the food

  5.Tasting by licking and biting

  6.Eating by chewing and swallowing

• 1. 1. Tolerate the presence of the food

  2.Smell the food

  3.Interact with the food without directly touching the food

  4. 4. Tasting by licking and biting

  5. 5.Touching the food with your fingers, hands, body and mouth

  6.Eating by chewing and swallowing

• 1. . Tolerate the presence of the food

  3. 2. Smell the food

  4. 3. Interact with the food without directly touching the food

  5. 4. Touching the food with your fingers, hands, body and mouth

  5.Tasting by licking and biting

  6.Eating by chewing and swallowing

• 1. 1. Tolerate the presence of the food

  2.Interact with the food without directly touching the food

  3. 3. Smell the food

  4. 4. Touching the food with your fingers, hands, body and mouth

  5.Tasting by licking and biting

  6.Eating by chewing and swallowing

If a child is currently able to tolerate food in his personal space, which step/s should I try to move the child up to?

• Assists in preparation/ set up with food

• Uses utensils or a container to stir or pour food/ drink for others

• Touch the food using the fingertips

• Put the food on his lips and ask him to lick lips or teeth

Based on our understanding of children with down syndrome, which approach would we likely use with them?

• Texture Progression

• Food Chaining

• SOS Approach to Feeding

For children with autism, which of the approach would we likely use with them?

• Food Chaining

• SOS Approach to Feeding

• Texture Progression