Paediatric Feeding International, Dr. Tessa Taylor

Contact Information

📍 Address

Double Bay, Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia, 2028 , "" · 🗺️ Get Directions

Specialists

Behavior Analyst Other Psychologist

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

Intensive Inpatient: More than once a day for several days Intensive Outpatient: Once or more per day for several days/week Outpatient: Once a week or less (overnight stay not required)

About

Feeding therapy clinic/programme providing international consultancy and in-home treatment services that work for paediatric feeding disorders, employing well-established, empirically-supported treatments with 50 years of evidence. The approach is individualised, data-driven, and direct, with significant caregiver support. Goals include increasing nutritional variety/volume and hydration, and teaching skills needed for independence (cup drinking, self-feeding with utensils) and texture (chewing). We can collaborate with your child’s existing team/providers.

Tessa Taylor, PhD, BCBA-D has nearly 25 years of experience. She completed her predoctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship in paediatric feeding at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine/Kennedy Krieger Institute where she remained on as faculty in the Pediatric Feeding Disorders Program. Dr. Taylor specialises solely in paediatric feeding (since 2009). She has authored over 60 peer-reviewed research publications and 3 book chapters, and has nearly 70 professional presentations internationally (USA, Australia, Japan, Italy, France, Greece, Maldives, New Zealand, Ireland, Philippines).