Feeding Therapy

Feeding therapy supports children who experience challenges with eating, drinking, chewing, swallowing, or interacting with food. Our sessions are tailored to your child’s unique needs - whether they’re a fussy eater, have sensory aversions, or a more complex feeding history.

We help children move from stress to success at mealtimes - without pressure, punishment, or shame.

We provide feeding intervention for:

• Babies & toddlers with feeding delays
• Children with oral-motor, sensory, or behavioural feeding difficulties
• Children with a history of reflux, NG/PEG feeding, or early trauma
• Neurodivergent children (including autism, ARFID, or sensory sensitivities)
• Children who eat fewer than 20 foods or drop foods over time
• Families experiencing mealtime stress or anxiety

Feeding difficulties can impact nutrition, growth, social participation, and family wellbeing. Early support makes a big difference.

At Evolve, we take a child-led and neurodiversity-affirming approach to feeding. We focus on building trust and supporting positive food experiences in a safe, emotionally supportive environment.

Our feeding therapy incorporates evidence-based methods, including:

• Babble & Munch Approach: A gentle, responsive feeding method that emphasises following your child’s cues, reducing mealtime stress, and using play-based, sensory, and oral motor      strategies. This approach integrates trauma-informed and infant mental      health principles to support emotional wellbeing during feeding.
• Responsive Feeding Therapy
• Sensory-based play and exploration
• Oral motor and oral sensory support (where appropriate)
• Trauma-informed, emotionally safe practices

We work closely with families to build consistency at home and in the clinic, empowering parents with coaching and practical strategies.

Feeding intervention may include:

• Initial assessment and parent interview
• Observation of current feeding patterns, food preferences, oral-motor skills
• Mealtime routines and environment review
• Collaborative goal setting with families
• Play-based food exploration (no pressure)
• Oral motor or sensory activities (if appropriate)
• Strategies to support generalisation at home
• Caregiver coaching and practical, manageable home tasks

We also liaise with your child’s GP, dietitian, OT, or paediatrician to provide integrated care when needed.

Many parents worry they’re overreacting. You’re not.

If something about mealtimes doesn’t feel right - whether your child refuses most foods, gags easily, is stuck on bottles, or you’re stressed every dinner - it’s worth a conversation. Even small changes can have a big impact.

Feeding therapy is available:

• At our Lennox Head clinic
• Via telehealth (case-by-case)

Want to learn more or book an assessment?

Contact us via: 

admin@evolvespeech.com.au

0421 002 844

Or fill out our enquiry form here.

We’d love to help your child feel safe, happy, and confident around food.