Siskin Children’s Institute

Siskin Children’s Institute
Siskin Children’s Institute is a non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the quality of life for children with special needs and their families. This mission is achieved through early childhood education, pediatric healthcare services, home- and community-based programs, and outreach services within the field of developmental disabilities. Healthcare services are provided through the Siskin Center for Developmental Pediatrics. These services include medical diagnosis and management, outpatient therapy services, applied behavior analysis services, and pediatric feeding services. The Siskin Center of Developmental Pediatrics staff include a full-time developmental pediatrician, nurse practitioners, physician assistant, psychologists, behavior analysts, speech language pathologists, and occupational and physical therapists.

 
Feeding Services
Children who receive feeding services range in age from 18 months to 12 years and across all levels of developmental and cognitive functioning.

Children typically display a complicated developmental or medical history, an interrupted feeding history, and/or have a history of problematic social interactions surrounding feeding/mealtime. Candidates for pediatric feeding services must be medically stable prior to initiating therapy. Active collaboration with other consulting professionals including pediatric GI, nutritionists/dieticians, allergists, and others as relevant will be requested upon initiation of service.

 
Relevant goals:

Decrease enteral tube feedings
Increase oral intake of solids and/or liquids
Decrease refusal or problem behavior at meals
Increase variety and/or texture of solid foods
Improve skills, independence and flexibility within the meal routine
Caregiver coaching and mealtime structure