Dressing Programme - 

Using our expertise we can design a specific dressing programme for a child to develop independence using backward chaining techniques and modification to the task. Along with incorporating specific fun activities into aspects of the nursery day to develop the necessary movement skills need for the task

The aim is to dress with independence ready for formal education.

Feeding programme - 

Young children with underlying motor and sensory difficulties will often have a very limited diet. This can lead to a lot of discord and anxiety around meal times. It is important that staff understand the complexity of this vital skill and how to help. The child may require not only a personalised oral motor programme but access to food therapy sessions.

Sensory interventions with oral motor work would be designed for the child to do daily with nursery staff.  Therapy feeding sessions for problem feeders would be incorporated to widen the child’s experience and pleasure of food if needed.

Personalised feeding programmes to target developing independent feeding skills involving the use of adapted cutlery, seat modification and therapeutic interventions can be used with children who struggle with the mechanics of feeding.

The aim is for improve a child’s relationship with food, widen their experience and work towards independent feeding to also free up staff time.