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Dysphagia in Children: Part II
Rita L. Bailey Ed.D., CCC-SLP, BRS-S
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Problematic Mealtime Behaviors
A common finding in children with dysphagia
Why?? Due to a combination of the impact of
caregiver influences, physical conditions, social, psychological factors, and the feeding environment on the development of feeding interaction patterns and behaviors.
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Caregiver influences-
Concern for intake or other??? may lead to battles for control
We see: Forced or coerced feeding- Bribing- Guilting- Catering or “short-order cooking” to meet child’s
demands (even if those demands are due to underlying sensitivity differences, they often can develop into problematic behaviors)-
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Physical Conditions
Children with dysphagia may find mealtimes stressful and unpleasant.
If children have experienced airway compromise such as occurs with aspiration and choking, they may associate these negative experiences and feelings of fear with the act of eating.
If the child has experienced gastroesophageal reflux, they may associate eating with pain or discomfort.
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Physical Conditions
Medically fragile children are often subjected to medically necessary but intrusive and aversive oral/facial sensory inputs. Suctioning, oral and nasal gastric tube placement, and the use of facial tape to secure tubes may lead to tactile defensiveness and oral hypersensitivity (Comrie & Helm, 1997).
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Social and Psychological Factors
What is the consequence of the behavior? Behaviors are often rewarded with attention,
concern, and what the child wants. May involve “learned helplessness”. Or, children may find that they can control
this aspect of their environment, when they can’t exert control in other areas of their life.
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Environment
Limited experiences Early experiences with oral sensory
stimuli are often limited for children with neurological and/or physical impairments, especially for those who experience extensive episodes of hospitalization.
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Environment
Early experience and repeated exposure to new foods contributes to the development of food acceptance patterns and the control of food intake. In fact, most children are likely to reject new foods initially, but that they learn to like them with time and repeated neutral exposure (Birch, Johnson, & Fisher, 1995; Birch & Marlin, 1982).
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Issues of Independent Functioning
Include problems with independence at mealtimes.
This includes the ability to feed oneself with fingers and/or utensils, make appropriate meal-related choices, and resolve other matters of self-determination.
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Issues of Independent Functioning
This category of problems also includes difficulty in communicating needs, preferences, and social exchanges at the mealtime, independence in food preparation and self-care, and personal oral care.
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Symptoms
Symptoms of difficulties in independent functioning include the ability to bring hands or objects to the mouth away from the mealtime, but dependence on others for feeding.
Other symptoms include limited opportunities or a limited demonstration of self-expression, requests, refusals, choice-making, or to involve oneself in other types of mealtime social communications.
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Symptoms
Additional symptoms include dependence on others for food preparation and oral care, when physically capable of some independence in these areas.
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You’re probably wondering…
How can these areas be evaluated?
Unfortunately, there is no single assessment that covers all of these areas.
There are a few standardized & nonstandardized assessments that can be combined…
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The Clinical Evaluation
Some of My Favorites- Standardized and Non-standardized
Assessments of Feeding Skills SOMA (Reilly, Skuse, & Wolke, 2000) [Modified] Oral-Motor Feeding Rating Scale
(Jelm, 1990) Oral-Sensory-Motor Analysis (Boshart, 1995)
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Standardized and Non-standardized Assessments
The Schedule for Oral-Motor Assessment (SOMA) (Reilly, S., Skuse, D., & Wolke, D. (2000). It takes approximately 20 minutes to administer,
and is intended to be rated largely from a video recording of a structured feeding session.
Authors report acceptable interrater reliability & validity data Unfortunately, normed for 0-2 years
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SOMA-(or any feeding eval)
A suggestion: If possible, videotape: The complexity of
movements and behaviors involved in feeding make the real-time recording of data less reliable.
Also, later you will have a baseline recording to go back to and check progress.
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Standardized and Non-standardized Assessments
Oral-Sensory-Motor Analysis – (Boshart, 1998) Tests tactile sensitivity by firmly stroking face
and neck with gloved hands or cloth, and oral areas with a therapy tool. Also, tests oral-motor differentiation with verbal command or visual cue.
Takes ~ 15 minutes to administer. Subjective rating of “normal”, “hyper” and
“hyposensitive”, 1-5 Rating Scale of Oral-Motor Differentiation.
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Standardized and Non-standardized Assessments
The Oral-Motor Feeding Evaluation (Arvedson, 2000) includes a thorough questionnaire regarding the child’s history.
This evaluation also includes a parent/caregiver interview and observation of feeding to assess oral-motor/sensory and feeding skills.
Time to administer varies Requires an interviewee See packet
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Assessment of Mealtime Behaviors and Independent Functioning Interviews, checklists (Bailey & Angell,
2003) School Personnel, and Parents/Caregivers See Sample Items in Appendix A
Observations of Mealtimes (feeding skills, mealtime behaviors, and independent functioning) Observation of mealtimes serves to help you
confirm or reject the findings of your evaluation(s).
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Assessment of Mealtime Behaviors
Functional Behavior Analysis Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence
*Must be completed in a structured and organized way to be accurate.
A Suggestion: If possible, involve your school’s special
educator(s)-they have typically had at least one class in Behavior Management.
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Treatment/Management of Feeding Problems in the Schools
Problems with the ‘medical model’ Typically there are multiple children with
feeding problems Not enough SLPs/feeding specialists Meals come at approximately the same
time, and the SLP can’t be everywhere at once
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A Proposed Model for a Collaborative Feeding Improvement Program
See packet
Collaborative School-based Feeding Improvement Team: Roles & Responsibilities (Bailey & Angell, 2003)
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See Feeding Team in Action!
Video Clips – Food preparation Encouraging self-feeding Mealtime communication Skill-building exercises and oral-sensory
stimulation activities
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Achieving Success in the School Environment
See Avoiding Disputes…
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Dysphagia Treatment Basics
What does the research say?
1. Oral-motor/oral sensory stimulation and exercises-skill building See packet for a few therapy suggestions
related to specific skill deficiencies.
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Indirect vs. direct therapy
Indirect = therapy without food to swallow Direct = therapy with food to swallow
**Important note!! In my experience, no exercise activity can beat direct instruction with direct therapeutic practice.
Disclaimer for the above statement! That statement is true only if the child can safely manage direct practice. If not, start with indirect.
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Dysphagia Treatment Basics
2. Direct instruction and modeling (teaching skills!) Can use a Most-To-Least
Response Prompts Cueing System to teach many of the feeding skills and skills required for independent functioning.
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Most-To-Least Response Prompts Cueing System
2b.Begin with maximal cue (hand-over-hand, tactile cues, visual cues, etc.) followed by immediate & 1:1 reinforcement. Fade cueing and reinforcement as child gains abilities, reinforce at the highest level of ability.
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Dysphagia Treatment Basics
3. Use of adaptive feeding equipment and therapeutic feeding strategies to maximize skills, compensate for deficits, and increase independence
(See table display for examples).
4. Maximizing nutrition and calorie content (with appropriate approval and input from appropriate professionals, of course)
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5. Positioning and posturing-typically compensatory but can also have therapeutic benefit
6. Therapeutic feeding techniques-typically compensatory (See packet)
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Behavior Management Basics
Environmental Modifications
Reduce distractions (primarily visual and auditory distractions) and increase attention to the mealtime.
However…
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Examples of Positive Feeding Helper (& Parent/Caregiver) Interaction Strategies
Neutral atmosphere (no forcing food or commenting on intake).
Reduce amount of face wiping Feed the child when at the table, not
walking around the room. Provide an attentional cue (i.e., “Here’s
your bite.)
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Positive Behavior Management Strategies
Positive Reinforcement- Occurs when the consequence of the behavior results in an increase in the occurrence of the appropriate behavior. Social Reinforcement Sensory Reinforcement Token/Tangible Reinforcement Activity Reinforcement
Shaping Behavior and Fading Reinforcement
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Other Behavior Management Strategies
Antecedent Manipulation - Involves changing the food texture, taste, presentation, etc., to improve the child’s acceptance.
The child may be less apt to expel a non-preferred food if the taste is masked by a preferred food. Once accepted, slowly fade the amount of the preferred food.
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Other Behavior Management Strategies
Extinction-Involves the termination of the ongoing reinforcement contingency, or a planned ignoring of an inappropriate behavior.
When misbehaviors occur, such as throwing food, they are ignored. (This assumes that the behavior is being reinforced by attention.)
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Recommended!
A Positive Reinforcement Program… with shaping and fading of reinforcement schedules that is used to reinforce both positive mealtime behaviors and target feeding skills.
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For More Information…
Questions or Comments? You may contact the presenter at:
[email protected] (309) 438-5308
Thank you for your interest in this important topic!