Speech and Language Therapists will see infants and children who have eating, drinking and/or swallowing problems (dysphagia). This might be as a result of physical or mechanical feeding difficulties and there is a higher incidence of swallowing difficulties with people with learning difficulties.
Once your child has been seen by a Speech and Language Therapist, they will make make recommendations to support your child’s eating and drinking. These recommendations may include: messy food play; texture development; positioning of your child or the use of different utensils or ways of feeding.
Please note that we do not provide a service to children or young people who:
- Present with feeding difficulties as a result of sensory and/or behavioural issues affecting their eating and drinking.
- Are ‘fussy’ eaters
- Refuse to eat lumpy/chewy foods
- Generally refuse to eat
Drooling Information
‘Drooling’ and ‘dribbling’ are different names for the same thing, which is when saliva, drool or dribble escapes from the mouth usually as a...
Supporting Children with swallowing problems
Supporting infants, children and young people with feeding and swallowing difficulties. Please click here to download the fact...
Dysphagia: How does it affect children?
What difficulties does dysphagia lead to in infants, children and young people? Issues with the development of feeding skills Behavioural issues...