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Update: Feeding eval
I posted last week about my son's feeding difficulties and upcoming evaluation. Our eval (originally this week) got rescheduled at the last minute for last Friday.
DS was diagnosed with feeding difficulties / texture aversion. Obviously it's not what we hoped for, but we would have been very surprised to be told anything else. The therapist was confident DS not simply outgrow his eating issues on his own. The good news was that DS's chewing/tongue use/putting food on side of his mouth is good/normal. Also, the fact that he is willing (reluctantly) to touch food he doesnt want, even just to get it away from him is good.
We are awaiting insurance approval to start treatment. Does anyone have thoughts/suggestions through using a private provider through our insurance plan vs looking into the state early intervention program?
In addtion, at the evalu it was suggested ask doc for OT referral for sensory eval because if even some minor other senory things outside of the food -- addressing them very often hugely help the eating issue so worth looking into if seems any chance it's an issue.
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Re: Update: Feeding eval
My son was so slow to self-feed. He either didn't want to touch it, or he'd gag, or pocket food.
We finally realized it was abnormal and he started OT for feeding at 18 months. She said he had a sensory disorder. He also has a swallowing disorder (we knew that), reflux, and oral motor struggles (carried over to speech).
Since he started OT - wow, what a difference.
He will eat anything (except mac & cheese). I mean there are days he doesn't want to eat a particular thing, but he eats so great. Before he wouldn't eat unless he was distracted (ie: reading a book) and fed so he wasn't thinking about it. now he just sits at the table like a big boy, with his bowl, and he just eats what we give him. It's crazy awesome.
Interesting about your comment about getting an evaluation for other sensory issues....I wish someone had told us that. We are just now realizing that he has other sensory issues (touch, noise, etc.) and it would have been good if we'd realized that a YEAR ago. Sigh.
I can't remember how much I said in my last response to you so sorry if I'm repeating.
I'm not sure how GA works, but our state program costs depending on your income. It's on a sliding scale and it doesn't not depend on how much therapy you get. My DS gets therapy 4 times a week and it's very reasonable. I know some states are free no matter what. Look into your insurance. My insurance only covers 20 sessions a year. My DS is getting speech twice a week through our state so that much wouldn't be covered on our insurance. The evals for the state might take awhile. I would suggest using private therapy until you get started with the state.
He also has OT and she's working on issues related to food. I think it's helpful even though I think his speech therapy is the most helpful. However, it definitely doesn't hurt.