Method involving touch and massage, used by occupational and speech therapists to assist children with moderate eating impairment and cerebral palsy to eat.
See also Nutrition
Gisel-EG, Effect of oral sensorimotor treatment on measures of growth and efficiency of eating in the moderately eating-impaired child with cerebral palsy. And; Oral-motor skills following sensorimotor therapy in two groups of moderately dysphagic children with cerebral palsy: aspiration vs nonaspiration. Dysphagia 1996, vol.11 no.1, pages 48-58; 59-71. (Three other published papers come to similar conclusions, that there is a small effect but it is important to monitor the childrens’ nutritional intake as well.)
Some techniques in: Winstock A, The practical management of eating and drinking difficulties in children. Bicester, Winslow 1994. ISBN 0-86388-123-8 (In Cerebra’s postal lending library).
