Pre-feeding Skills: A Comprehensive Resource for Feeding Development

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Therapy Skill Builders, 1987 - Children - 413 pages
Topics covered include anatomy and physiology of the oral-pharyngeal structures; normal development of pre-feeding skills; limiting variations of feeding skills; assessment; setting priorities and problem solving; treatment principles and perspectives; learning and communication environments at mealtime; environmental, positioning, and handling considerations; nutrition issues; specifics of oral-motor treatment; the issue of self-feeding; the relationship between feeding and speech; pre-feeding issues and prematurity; pre-feeding issues for children who are fed by tube; pre-feeding issues for children with cleft palate; pre-feeding issues and blindness; pre-feeding issues for children with minimal involvement; pre-feeding materials for assessment and treatment; etc.

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List of Reproducible Recordkeeping Forms
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Normal Development of PreFeeding Skills
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Sensory Input in the Direction and Selection of Movement
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