Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 10/27/2005 8:36:00 PM Author: Kris Kauth (KrisKauth@msn.com) Subject: Hi folks. Because the teachers, therapi... Hi folks. Because the teachers, therapists, and doctors all seem to not be helping, I am asking you guys for any ideas you can give me. My boy Carter is a five year old developmentally delayed wonderful little guy. The school psychologist puts his mental age at 24 months or so. I agree in some respects, in others he's less, and in some ways older. Here's the thing I am asking you about. He is five years old and has never put things in his mouth. I mean nothing. No chew toys when he was an infant, never picked up a bottle to put it in his mouth, never sucked on a pacifier. I mean nothing. He now does drink his bottle and sippy cup, but if you try to get him to chew on any kind of food, he wont. It will just sit in there, like he doesen't even know its there. He doesen't know how to chew. Doesen't know what to do with food in his mouth. We can spoon feed him baby food, or blended up soups, etc. He has had the nook, etc from therapists who said he has an "oral aversion" but in all this time, nothing has worked. He has had a swallow study that was fine. We also have twins who are two years old now and they do all the things kids should do, so Carter has learned to simulate putting things in his mouth, or softly bite, etc. But it is mostly copy cat type behavior, and never anything more. Where can I go for help? Anyone else encounter this? Anything you can suggest will be a big help. Thanks. Name: Email: Subject

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