title: A clinical protocol to increase chewing and assess mastication in children with feeding disorders.
abstract: Children with feeding disorders often cannot or do not chew when presented with table food. Children with chewing deficits also often swallow the bite before masticating it appropriately, which we will refer to as early swallowing. In the current study, we evaluated a clinical protocol to increase chews per bite, assess mastication, and eliminate early swallowing with three children with feeding disorders. The current study adds to a small body of literature on chewing and mastication of children with feeding disorders. Suggestions for future research are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center's Munroe-Meyer Institute, Omaha, USA vvolkert@unmc.edu.
authors.forename: Valerie M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Volkert
authors.affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center's Munroe-Meyer Institute, Omaha, USA.
authors.forename: Kathryn M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center's Munroe-Meyer Institute, Omaha, USA.
authors.forename: Jason R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Zeleny
authors.affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center's Munroe-Meyer Institute, Omaha, USA.
authors.forename: Cathleen C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Piazza
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003679:Deglutition / Q000502:physiology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology*; D019959:Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008409:Mastication / Q000502:physiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: chew tube; chewing; feeding disorder; mastication; prompting