The role of the itinerant occupational therapist in conducting feeding programs for multi-handicapped children in a county school system.
Itinerant occupational therapists working in the school system encounter many problems when initiating and conducting feeding programs for their multi-handicapped students. The occupational therapist provides direct treatment or consultative services to best meet the needs of her students and most efficiently and effectively utilize her treatment time. This paper describes feeding training programs and a case history to illustrate some feeding problems encountered by itinerant occupational therapists and how they have been handled.
Department Manager, Occupational Therapy-Pediatric Contracts, Easter Seal Society of DeSoto, Manatee and Sarasota Counties, Inc., Happiness House Rehabilitation Center, Sarasota, FL.
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