question related to feeding clinic - houston

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Hi Allie,

You raise a very important point. Thank you for raising it with the group. We

can't speak for every provider of behavioral feeding services, of course. But

we are happy to clarify this portion of our process.

ABS does not test for underlying medical issues. We are not physicians, and it

is beyond our area of expertise. However, we do have a lengthy intake process,

in which we screen for the potential of underlying issues. Some of the

questions we ask involve: reflux, eating history, illnesses, hospitalizations,

oral motor issues, gastro issues, and the like.

If there is any concern or previous history of issues, we require the parents to

get clearance for the feeding therapy from their physicians, which may include

additional testing from those providers. For families who have not followed

through on getting required medical clearance, we do not provide feeding

intervention until such clearance is obtained. Only once we have clearance from

a physician (and in some cases require that a physician be available for consult

during the feeding therapy) will we proceed with implementing our feeding

protocol.

Additionally, we will work with any current provider (OT or speech) to

understand to what degree the mechanical/muscular issues may be impeding eating.

I hope this answers your questions.

Missy Olive and

Applied Behavioral Strategies

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> > Dear Families,

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> > Applied Behavioral Strategies has partnered with The Learning Lane to hold a

week-long intensive behavioral feeding clinic at the Center for the week of

April 30-May 4, 2012. We are delighted to be able to make this trip to Houston

again, and are grateful to the Learning Lane for its generous hosting of the

clinic.

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> > During this week we will have limited space for a few number of families. A

link to our website along with our email address is provided below. Missy or

will be happy to assist you to determine whether feeding clinic would be

appropriate for your child at this time. In addition, we can answer specific

questions about the feeding treatment and its costs.

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> > ABS and The Learning Lane looks forward to this partnership and helping the

children in the Center.

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> > Website: http://www.appliedbehavioralstrategies.com/

> > Email: infor@

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> > Thank you.

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> > Dr. Olive and

> > Applied Behavioral Strategies

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> > Crawford, M.S. Ed, BCaBA

> > The Learning Lane

> > Executive Director

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> > www.thelearninglane.com

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