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Responsive Feeding Therapy Program

BC Centre for Responsive Feeding therapy program is a 12-18 week comprehensive program that provides families and their children and teens with the skills and techniques necessary to love eating and to become safer, more comfortable, and confident in advancing their child’s feeding and eating skills.

Responsive Feeding Therapy (RFT) is an overarching approach to feeding and eating interventions applicable across the lifespan. RFT facilitates the (re)discovery of internal cues, curiosity, and motivation, while building skills and confidence around food and eating. It is flexible, prioritizes the feeding relationship, and respects and develops autonomy. Prioritizing mealtime peace and connecting around food, RFT leads to sustainable changes and improved relationships with food and family. (Rowell et al., 2023)

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Our Approach

We prioritize supporting families to build life-long skills to feel confident using the responsive feeding approach outside of therapy sessions. We provide in-depth parent education and training sessions in addition to direct therapy, so that families are informed, involved, and excited about the process.

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We provide high-quality, evidence-based, and neurodiversity-affirming feeding therapy from our experienced team of occupational therapists, speech language pathologists and registered dietician.

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Our Responsive Feeding Therapy approach utilizes a mix of approaches including the Division of Responsibility Model, Get Permission Approach, AEIOU Systematic Approach, and Responsive Feeding.

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Your child’s program is individually tailored to accommodate your child and family’s current eating abilities and needs. Family members and caregivers involved will be coached on how to incorporate responsive feeding therapy techniques into daily mealtimes to create a happy and safe mealtime experience.

Meet Our Team

We’re the friendly faces behind The BC Centre for Responsive Feeding. Our team is packed with creativity and expertise, and we are dedicated to helping children and families find confidence and success with eating.

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My son easily established rapport with Shannon, and their collaborative work is tailored to his needs. Shannon’s ability to listen, adapt sessions, and offer valuable suggestions creates a positive and engaging environment, making her a valuable asset. Our longstanding connection with VSPL has consistently provided satisfactory services, and I wholeheartedly recommend them to anyone in need.

Melissa’s neurodiversity-affirming approach at Victoria Speech and Language Centre transformed our Autistic 5-year-old’s mealtimes, reducing meltdowns and creating a positive experience with gradual food introductions.

This course was really informative! I began to understand how and why my child struggles with food. Most helpful was the nonjudgmental approach from the facilitators.

Adopting Melissa’s techniques, our family at Victoria Speech and Language Centre has seen remarkable progress in our Kiddo’s approach to food, fostering a positive change and addressing picky eating.

I have done the parent course offered by the Responsive Feeding Centre and found it to be extremely helpful in understanding how to approach food and eating challenges with my son. Connecting with other families who are dealing with the same issues was really beneficial.

I highly recommend responsive feeding centre for any parents and caregivers who are looking for ND affirmative service provider.

Through Melissa’s collaborative and respectful feeding therapy, our Kiddo became more curious and less anxious about different foods, expanding their flavor palette at Victoria Speech and Language Centre.

Cannot recommend highly enough, it transformed our thinking of food with our kiddo, and opened lots of new doors. Highly recommend!

I really enjoyed it and loved the lens of personal experience that Shannon brought to our group. I learned a lot about not only my kids but also my own sensory profiles. Really great resource for families.

Shannon was really great, I like that she taught the course because of her food sensory so it was nice to be able to hear it directly from someone who struggles with certain foods and it gave us some hope that soon our son will experiment and try new foods to grow his safe list.

I learned a lot about not only my kids’, but also my own sensory profile. Really great resource for families.

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Proudly serving families across all of British Columbia.

Our commitment extends beyond treating feeding challenges, aiming to empower both children and parents with the tools and knowledge to create a lasting foundation for a lifetime of healthy and enjoyable eating experiences.

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