OT Feeding Interventions, ListServ Summary, Mar 2026

Rehab administrators answer questions regarding OT Feeding Interventions. IPRC archives information collected by the Pediatric Rehab Administrator’s ListServ as a public service to the entire Pediatric Rehabilitation Community. All information is posted in summary format and has been de-identified. Search through past queries for responses to rehabilitation related questions.

Original Questions:

1. Does your institution provide occupational therapy–based feeding services? 
2. Which feeding therapy service models does your institution offer? (Select all that apply) 
3. If feeding therapy groups are offered, how are they structured? (Select all that apply)
4. Does your institution offer an intensive feeding program?
5. If yes, how is the intensive feeding program structured? (Select all that apply) 
6. Typical duration of intensive feeding programs: What frequency is being used for your intensive feeding therapies? What other frequencies of feeding therapy services are utilized within your institution outside of an intensive model?
7. Which disciplines are involved in feeding therapy services at your institution? (Select all that apply) 
8. How to disciplines work together within the feeding treatments?
9. Which clinical frameworks or approaches are utilized in feeding therapy? (Select all that apply) 
10. How actively involved are caregivers in treatment sessions?
11. What diagnoses are commonly seen in your feeding therapy program? (Select all that apply) 
12. What factors most commonly determine discharge from feeding therapy? (Select all that apply)
13. Are standardized and/or formal assessments utilized as part of feeding therapy services at your institution?
14. If yes, which assessments are utilized? (Select all that apply) 
15. How are assessment results typically used to guide intervention? (Select all that apply)

Summary of Responses (de-identified)