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Feeding Therapy is a specialty area for health professionals (usually who have training in Medicine, Speech Language Pathology, Dietetics, or Occupational Therapy) who have chosen to focus on feeding concerns/issues/disorders in an individual. Pediatric feeding therapists such as the Intuitive Feeding team, work with families and their children to teach them strategies to meet their feeding goa... Read More

Feeding Therapy is a specialty area for health professionals (usually who have training in Medicine, Speech Language Pathology, Dietetics, or Occupational Therapy) who have chosen to focus on feeding concerns/issues/disorders in an individual. Pediatric feeding therapists such as the Intuitive Feeding team, work with families and their children to teach them strategies to meet their feeding goals. Stephanie is the Occupational Therapist (O.T.) on Intuitive Feeding's team. She specializes specifically in the occupation of "feeding" to help children engage in their mealtimes in a joyful and fun way! In her feeding therapy practice she looks at the whole person while utilizing principles of sensory processing, ergonomic positioning, motor, cognitive and emotional development as it relates to a child's function.

About the Intuitive Feeding Program:
In Home Visits, we come to you virtually! - We believe it is imperative to see your child in their natural environment to best support you in your child's feeding journey.Services are provided via Tele-Therapy (virtually) to families living in various provinces across Canada including:

Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island and Northwest Territories, Yukon, & Nunavut.

Comprehensive Feeding Evaluation – A thorough initial assessment with a Feeding Therapist allows for an in-depth look at your child's feeding challenges, from the perspective of a Registered Dietitian (RD) OR Occupational Therapist (OT).

Mealtime Observation- It is crucial to developing effective strategies that we see how your child functions at mealtimes with the family in their natural environment. This is completed on your child's initial visit.

Individualized Strategies– We recognize all families are unique. Your child is unique. We value providing individual specific strategies to best support you in navigating your child's feeding journey.

Feeding Therapy Support Sessions- Feeding Therapy is a journey. Most families and their child require in-person weekly Feeding Therapy support for a minimum duration of 3-6 months to a 1 year. Every family and child is unique and therefore, our treatment plan recommendations will be provided to you after your child's Feeding Evaluation.

Follow up – We want you and your child to succeed. We recommend post assessment follow up to ensure you feel supported in implementing the strategies with your child. This follow up allows us to coach, support, educate and provide modifications and grading to your child's individualized program.

Support via email or text – Have a question? Need a quick refresher or guidance? We are here for you. We offer support via email or text during the duration of your child's treatment plan to provider ongoing support in between sessions.

Our Intuitive Feeding program outlines three treatment plans (as therapy guidelines) to support families who's children have various levels of feeding concerns. If you are unsure which plan would suit your child best, please reach out. If you do not see a plan that you feel will suit your child's unique needs we would love to hear from you.

Stephanie Forseth B. Kin., MSc. O.T.

Stephanie is passionate about providing timely, strength-based, solution-focused therapy to her clients, as she works with them to develop and achieve their goals.

Stephanie studied at the University of Calgary, where she obtained her undergraduate degree in Kinesiology in 2009. From there, she sought out further education and graduated from Dalhousie University with a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy.

Stephanie believes there is more to therapy than merely the credentials to practice. While this is important & necessary, she believes in the power of one’s therapeutic use of their personality and their intuition to provide quality & effective therapy. Throughout her career, Stephanie feels she has found many of the fundamentals of providing great therapy to her clients.

Some of these fundamentals include:

  • building authentic relationship with her clients,
  • providing best practice as well as flexible, practical therapy options,
  • working as a team with her clients,
  • providing a just-right challenge, empowering her clients to achieve their goals,
  • collaborating with other health care professionals,
  • & developing and tapping into one’s own intuition.

Stephanie’s experience in the community is vast and her skill set includes but is not limited to, working with individuals with a variety of diagnoses such as Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, ADHD, Developmental Delay, Muscular Dystrophy and many more; and supporting them with feeding skills, self regulation, fine/gross motor skills including handwriting, life and self care skills, home safety, and falls prevention.

Stephanie holds a special interest and has specialized in Pediatric Feeding Therapy. She is pleased to offer specialized services specific to this area, through the Intuitive Feeding program.

Outside of Occupational Therapy, Stephanie can be found adventuring around the world, spending time with her family and exploring the outdoors whether it be hiking, camping, rafting or snowmobiling in the mountains.

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