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Occupational Therapy, Feeding Assessment and Feeding Therapy to help your child meet their feeding goals

 
 

The Feeding OT is a Newcastle based service that provides feeding assessment and feeding therapy for children 6 months - 5 years.

Telehealth services are available Australia wide. All sessions are run by an experienced and registered Occupational Therapist.

 
 

The Feeding OT aims to

Family enjoying mealtime

Inspire Mealtime Love

Baby being spoon fed

Empower the feeding relationship

Happy children at mealtime

Create independence at the table

Inspiring Mealtime Love

The Feeding OT offers Occupational Therapy to children (6 months - 5 years), their families and their ‘village’ to help reach their feeding and mealtime goals. Services include feeding assessment and feeding therapy blocks either face to face or via telehealth.

The Feeding OT also strives to empower our broad community to foster a love and curiosity of food and happy, joyful mealtimes through group parent sessions, talks and education.

Experienced Occupational Therapist

Amanda Vickery is the sole Occupational Therapist at The Feeding OT. Amanda has found her niche and love in Feeding Assessment and Feeding Therapy. Amanda has a passion for food, curious feeders, happy mealtimes and reaching for healthy living while nurturing and empowering the important relationship between parent/caregiver and child.

Amanda is passionate about providing goal based therapy, individualised to each child and families needs. She draws on her extensive experience working as an Occupational Therapist since graduating in 2001, her invaluable ‘mum life’ experience and the numerous post-graduate courses and learning she has participated in.

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