Feeding and eating problems are common among children with and without disabilities and can have long lasting adverse effects on both the child and their family. After conducting a needs assessment at Bloom Pediatric Therapy, it was determined that Bloom and their clients would benefit from a structured eating program. The purpose of this Doctoral Capstone Experience (DCE) was to create and implement a program to increase independence and participation during mealtimes for children with eating problems. The program included eight handouts, each created to meet a specific discovered need. The handouts included: a session form, program information, eating problem facts, calorie boosters, food lists, food inventory checklist, homework form, and eating intake form. To evaluate the effectiveness of the program, the researcher utilized survey methodology in the form of a paper questionnaire to collect feedback about Bloom's eating therapy before and after the program was implemented. Parents (pre-n=9; post-n=7) reported greater satisfaction with their child's eating (pre-mean: 1.89; post-mean: 3.29) and reported their child ate an increased number of foods (pre-mean: 1.78; post-mean: 2.57). Overall, the program increased client satisfaction and improved parent reports of their child's participation and independence with eating.

Creator

• Mathews, Elizabeth

Contributors

• Nichols, Alison

Publisher

• University of Indianapolis

Language

• en

Identifier

• Mathews.E.OTD.2019.pdf

Keyword

• Occupational Therapy

Date created

• 2019-5

Resource type

• Dissertation

Source

• S45

Rights statement

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/