Handout

Food Scripts for Caregivers

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Population:

Pediatric

Discipline:

SLP

Diagnosis:

Feeding and Swallowing

This handout gives caregivers simple, supportive scripts they can use during meal time to reduce pressure, ease anxiety, and honor each child’s sensory and emotional experience with food. It offers language that models curiosity, autonomy, and connection without giving nutrition advice or pushing a child to eat. This printable handout is for speech-language pathologists working with pediatric patients, covering Feeding and Swallowing. Print Resource, US Letter, 1 page. Members can view and print it.

Use this resource when a patient, family, or colleague asks:

How do I coach parents to reduce pressure during feeding therapy?
What language helps children explore food without anxiety or refusal?

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