ABOUT US
Lively Eaters is a private allied health practice assisting children and their families who are experiencing feeding and eating difficulties from birth through the early school years.
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CONTACT US
Adelaide Centre
298 Portrush Rd
Kensington 5068
Adelaide Hills Centre
29 Princes Highway Littlehampton SA 5250
OPENING HOURS
Monday: By Appointment
Tuesday: By Appointment
Wednesday: By Appointment
Thursday: By Appointment
Friday: By Appointment
Saturday & Sunday: Closed
How does swallowing work?
A family asked me the other day if aspiration and dysphagia were similar and it got me thinking that as speech pathologists we often use terms that are as familiar to us as the clothes we wear or the foods we eat and we, at times, might forget to explain the nuances of what some […]
What is (ARFID)? Does this apply to my child?
Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) was formally recognised as a diagnosable mental health disorder within the past ten years and was previously known as “selective eating disorder”. ARFID is an eating challenge which may present as an apparent lack of interest in eating or food, an avoidance of food based on the sensory characteristics […]
How Sensory Processing Can Impact Mealtimes
Sensory processing is the ability to organise and interpret information received through the senses. There are 5 commonly known senses – taste, vision, touch, smell and sound. There are also 2 lesser- known sensory systems – the proprioceptive system and the vestibular system. The proprioceptive system receives information from muscles, joints and tendons and the […]