Feeding Therapy

Mealtime should bring families together, not be a source of anxiety. If your child struggles with severely restricted eating patterns, St. David's Center can help.

Our innovative Feeding Therapy services help children with feeding disturbances learn to eat a balanced diet and experience less stress during mealtimes – ensuring healthier habits for the rest of their lives.

Using a multidisciplinary feeding therapy evaluation, our trained therapists create a plan that meets your child's individual needs. Our non-invasive, supportive approach helps resolve your child's feeding issues through a process of systematic desensitization and incorporates parent education and home practice, which are a vital part of the treatment.

Feeding consultations and therapies are available for children of all ages.

Warning Signs of a Problem Feeder
(refer for an evaluation if 2 or more are present)

  • Ongoing poor weight gain or weight loss
  • Ongoing choking, gagging or coughing, vomiting during meals
  • History of nasal or gastric reflux
  • History of a traumatic choking incident
  • Inability to make age appropriate food transitions
  • Aversion or avoidance of all foods in specific texture or food group
  • Eats fewer than 20 different foods.
  • An infant who cries and/or arches at most meals
  • Family mealtimes feel like battles

Payment/Funding
All major insurance, Medical Assistance/TEFRA, PMAPs and private pay.

Learn More
To learn more, please contact our Central Office of Resources and Enrollment (CORE) at 952-548-8700 or coreinfo@stdavidscenter.org.  

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