Helpful Videos
These videos are designed to make learning about sensory processing and feeding simple and practical. Each video breaks down common challenges, explains sensory-based strategies like food play, food chaining, and desensitization, and shows real-life examples of how to support your child during mealtimes. With clear visuals and step-by-step guidance, these videos give caregivers confidence and easy-to-follow tools to encourage positive feeding experiences at home.
This video introduces sensory exploration techniques to help kids engage with and explore food textures, shapes, and smells as part of feeding therapy.
An overview of the SOS (Sequential Oral Sensory) approach developed by Dr. Kaye Toomey—an evidence-based method to gradually work on acceptance of new foods using sensory experiences.
This video explains how letting children explore food through play—like touching, smelling, and squishing—helps them become more comfortable with new textures and tastes. By removing the pressure to eat, food play builds confidence and reduces mealtime stress. It's a fun way to encourage positive interactions with food.
This presentation breaks down the different sensory aspects of mealtimes (like smell, texture, temperature) and how they impact feeding, especially in children with sensory sensitivities.
This video shows how letting kids play with food helps them feel more comfortable trying new textures and tastes. Playing with food makes mealtimes less stressful and helps build confidence around eating.
This video demonstrates how food play can help children with sensory sensitivities or picky eating habits. Through activities like playing with food outside of mealtime, children can explore new foods without pressure, gradually becoming more comfortable and open to trying them. It's a gentle approach to expanding food choices.
This video explains food chaining, a method used in feeding therapy to help children try new foods by gradually introducing them to foods they already eat and enjoy. By making small, manageable changes—like switching from one brand of crackers to another or adding a new flavor to a familiar food—children can build confidence and reduce anxiety around eating. Food chaining is a gentle, step-by-step approach that supports picky eaters in expanding their food choices without pressure.
