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Are you sat wondering ‘What is feeding therapy?’ Maybe you’ve heard of it.. but you don’t know what it actually is. Or what the benefits are. And.. what does a feeding therapist do?! Who are they?

Today, I’m so excited to welcome McKenzie Hoffman onto our ‘Teaching Autism and Special Education Community’ podcast. She is answering all of the questions that we have. And I promise you, this is an episode you do not want to miss!

McKenzie Hoffman MA, CCC-SLP, is a feeding therapist with a passion for food. She wants to share that love for food with everyone! Follow her on Instagram here for more tips, information and to ask her any questions you may have.

In this podcast episode, we are talking about;

• Who Mckenzie is and what her job role is.
• What is a feeding therapist?
• What is feeding therapy?
• Who is feeding therapy for?
• How can you access it?
• The different approaches to feeding therapy.
• What are the benefits?
• Swallow studies – what are they? And how often should a child have one?
• How can we help a child develop their chewing?
• What is the different between a speech and language therapist, and an occupational therapist doing feeding therapy?
• Lunchtimes at school; difficulties, support and ideas to try.

• Follow McKenzie on Instagram.
• Podcast Episode with Jenny, an Autism Diet and Nutrition Specialist.
• Teaching Healthy Eating Blog Post.
• Autism and Eating Blog Post.
• Healthy Eating Resources.

What did you think of this podcast episode? Do you have any questions or information you’d like to share? If so, leave it in the comments section down below.

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