More Than Picky: Food Chaining with Cheri Fraker, CCC/SLP

7 years old, non-oral feeder, dysphagia, FTT, sensory processing disorder and a lot of fear

Today I discuss my work with a seven year old child who was tube fed starting at age 4 months. He had years of therapy but did not make progress and even with tube feeds,

Cheri’s Complete How-To DO Food Chaining Therapy: Fun and Functional Therapy

This one is all about how I do my therapy. I talk you through what you would see if you observed my sessions. I describe in detail how to triage feeding disorders, what t

Food Chaining: The Common Sense Home Program for ARFID, Extreme Food Selectivity and Problem Eating

Overcoming picky or problem eating or treating ARFID requires you to taste new foods. That is a tall order. It can be frightening just thinking about it. So how do you le

Part 2 The Self Help Home Program for ARFID, Extreme Selective Eating or Long Term Picky Eating

(Note: Please do not do this if you have food allergies or swallowing problems) Part two helps therapist’s set up an effective home program and additional instruction pro

The Self Help Program that works for the child or adult with ARFID/Extreme Selectivity

This podcast is for YOU. The patient. The individual dealing with ARFID or extreme food selectivity. Picky has become a huge problem. Fear has climbed to a level that isn

Picky for Years? Chaining Therapy for ARFID and Extreme Selectivity

What do I DO in my therapy sessions? I find “the daily calm” and help the kids relax. I teach them how to learn about a food with their senses. I teach them how to crumb

ARFID

Let’s talk about Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. There are several types of ARFID and Food Chaining can be a very effective tool for treating children, adolesc

Treatment of a two-year-old with a history of extreme prematurity and dysphagia

The feeding team evaluation and the oh so important first treatment sessions of the plan are discussed. This is the case history of a two-year-old born at 24 weeks. This

The Art of Food Chaining: New Foods

New without No! This podcast teaches the listener how to structure mealtimes, prepare the parents for their part following the home program and how to set the right tone

Case Study: 6 Months Old with Severe Gagging. Picky or Problem Eating?

This episode discusses how to complete your evaluation and set up successful transitions to spoon and cup and stop gagging from occurring. You can let the child treat the

Part 3: Three Years Old with Only One Food in the Diet

Part 3 discusses advancing your Food Chaining program to more solid foods for the child who has no core diet. The 6 steps and principles of the Pre and Food Chaining prog

Part 2 The Chains: Building A Core Diet. Three year old with only one food

This is a short episode and it is part 2 of our last episode about a three year old with only one food, applesauce pouches. This one is a discussion of how to start sessi

Case 1: A Three Year Old with One Food: Treating Extreme Selectivity

This episode is about how to assess and treat a three year old child with only one food in the diet: applesauce pouches. How would a PreChaining/Food Chaining driven pedi

Known. The Chaining pediatric feeding evaluation for the selective eater.

This season will be all about cases. The Specifics on what to DO during a feeding evaluation and setting up child specific treatment plans. Diagnostic therapy helps a chi

Recalculating route! How do I start a Food Chaining program?

In this episode, I talk about the evaluation process, team care, building trust and developing eyes that SEE. I discuss what the parent needs to do at home and what the t

Season 2 Finale: Food Chaining in the Real World

You want to try Food Chaining. But how do you get started? How do you set up a snack time in a therapy session? What do you do in the beginning? I have seen a lot of thin

The Food Chaining Individualized Eating Profile: Launching An Effective Program

Your evaluation forms matter! You will need a very detailed medical and nutritional history and the Individualized Eating Profile. The IEP consists of data from the growt

Leadership Mentoring 101: What is your work style? Become Your Best You!

What are you doing to learn about Y-O-U. Who are you? You are the product. You are the resource that people are turning to and you need to understand how you learn, teach

Nipple Confusion or Breast/Bottle Preference? What is it? What to DO in feeding therapy.

This episode addresses the issue of Nipple Confusion. Is it real? Or is it a preference? Or an oral motor problem showing itself in two distinct methods of feeding? Baby

NEC for Therapists: Intro to Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Short Gut

NEC is a horrible and poorly understood disease. “The Why’s “ behind it are hard for any medical professional to understand. We are still studying NEC and we need a lot m