Feeding and Eating Flashcards
1
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What is eating?
A
The ability to keep and manipulate food or fluid in the mouth and swallow it
2
Q
What is feeding?
A
The process of setting up, arranging, and bringing food (or fluid) to the mouth
3
Q
What are oral-motor skills?
A
Motor skills of the oral structures, including the jaw, tongue, lips, and cheeks
4
Q
What is a bolus?
A
Mass of food or liquid
5
Q
What are entry-level competencies for feeding/eating?
A
Basic level of knowledge and skills to provide OT services to clients with eating and feeding dysfunction
6
Q
What are advanced-level competencies for feeding/eating?
A
Build on earlier competencies of knowledge, performance skills, critical reasoning, interpersonal abilities, and ethical reasoning. Active role in decision making and collaborating
