Ochsner Children’s Hospital, Michael R. Boh Center for Child Development

Contact Information

📍 Address

1319 Jefferson Highway , Jefferson , LA 70121 · 🗺️ Get Directions

Specialists

Behavior Analyst Gastroenterologist (GI) Nurse Practitioner Pediatrician Psychologist Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Social Worker Speech Language Pathologist

Diagnoses

Autism Avoident/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) Bronchopulmnoary Dysplasia (BPD) Cerebral Palsy Cleft Lip and/or Palate Congenital Heart Defects (CHD) Cystic Fibrosis Developmental Delay Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21) Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) Failure to Thrive Food Protein Intolerance Enterocolitis Syndrome (FPIES) Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Gastrointestinal Genetic/Chromosomal Metabolic Condition Neurological Condition Obesity Pediatric Feeding Disorder (PFD) Prematurity Psychosocial Condition Respiratory/Pulmonary Condition Sensory Processing Disorder Severe Food Allergies Structural/Cranio-Facial Abnormality Swallowing Disorder/Dysphagia Swallowing/Dysphagia

Services

Early Intervention Infant Feeding Therapy Outpatient: Once a week or less (overnight stay not required) Virtual/Telehealth

About

The Comprehensive Pediatric Feeding Program at the Michael R. Boh Center for Child Development through Ochsner Children’s Hospital is designed for children between the ages of 8-months and 18-years-old who present with feeding difficulties that have affected the child’s ability to grow and develop as expected. The program is comprehensive and includes a highly specialized multidisciplinary team of providers who assess and provide intervention to help patients overcome longstanding and treatment resistant feeding issues to ensure that additional health complications can be avoided.