by Ali Evans | Jun 18, 2025 | Community, Eating/Feeding skills, Food and Drink, General information, Infant Development, Occupational Therapy, Parenting
Hi everyone! My name is Dr. Sarah Johnson, and I’m a pediatric occupational therapist and part of the infant development team here at Emerge Pediatric Therapy. Today I am excited to share some tips on how to introduce straw cup drinking to your infant after six months...
by emerge | Nov 23, 2020 | Autism, Eating/Feeding skills, Food and Drink, General information, Infant Development, Occupational Therapy, Parenting, Physical Therapy, Sensory Processing/Integration, Speech & Language, Uncategorized
Have you ever experienced a change in your appetite when you weren’t feeling well? Experienced reflux? Been constipated? What happened? Chances are that you were able to assess how your body was feeling and identify ways to make it feel better. Or you had the...
by emerge | Oct 20, 2020 | Eating/Feeding skills, Emerge programs, Food and Drink, General information, Infant Development, Orofacial Myology, Parenting, Speech & Language
Did you know that sippy cups are not actually part of early childhood development? Say whaaaaaat!? I know, our minds were blown too when we first learned this. So let’s dig in a little more. Sometimes sippy cups are necessary. Your child’s daycare may...
by emerge | Nov 14, 2017 | Autism, Eating/Feeding skills, Emerge programs, Food and Drink, General information, Occupational Therapy, Speech & Language
Did you know that Emerge currently has FIVE therapists trained in the SOS Approach to Feeding? We have three speech-language pathologists and two occupational therapists who are now trained in this approach and this winter we will be offering two small groups that...
by emerge | May 8, 2017 | Autism, Eating/Feeding skills, Emerge programs, Food and Drink, Occupational Therapy, Parenting, Speech & Language, Summer programs
Photo from cooksmarts.com Looking to engage your child in a fun activity that can build their language skills and fill their bellies? Cook with them! At Emerge, we frequently use cooking projects as a basis for working on speech/language, motor skills,...
by Emerge - A Childs Place | Dec 10, 2015 | Community, Eating/Feeding skills, Food and Drink, Occupational Therapy, Speech & Language
Get the body ready. Sitting at the table for an extended period of time can be difficult or even excruciating for children with sensory processing challenges. We can help children get ready to sit by introducing movement activities immediately before mealtime. Use...
