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A Pilot Investigation Of An Instrument For The Assessment Of Feeding Disorders In Children With Severe Disabilities, Annaliese E. Norris
A Pilot Investigation Of An Instrument For The Assessment Of Feeding Disorders In Children With Severe Disabilities, Annaliese E. Norris
Theses and Dissertations--Communication Sciences and Disorders
The purpose of this pilot investigation was to assess the inter-rater reliability of an expert-validated pediatric feeding assessment, designed for clinician use with children who have severe disabilities. The tool would ideally allow for standardization of the clinical mealtime assessment process.
A comprehensive review of available feeding instruments revealed that there is a need for an assessment tool for children with motor and developmentally based feeding problems.In response to this need, a new clinician administered instrument called the Mealtime Assessment Tool for Children (MATCH) was developed in order to guide the assessment of a child during a clinical meal.
The …