TEIS

decreases

an independent team of EI therapists in the child's natural setting

must be 1.5 standard deviations away from the norm for OT, PT, DV, and Speech

clinical opinion

therapeutic early intervention services

difficult feeders or "picky eaters"

• oral motor problems
• environmental/situational (food behaviors, parenting, bad scheduling)
• Slow weight gain
• narrow variety of food choices

FTT

• environmental
• caused by a condition not yet diagnosed
• in drug abusive environments

Autism spectrum disorder

• narrow food choices
• limited number of food due in addition to fad diets like gluten/casein free
• particular about color and texture

*not all clinically diagnosed as having ASD but show signs and symptoms

transplant/ heart defect

• heart transplant
• congenital defect, repaired
• TF (tube feeding) or NG (nasogastric)

she works on transitioning from TF to oral feeding

Other problems

a lot of inborn errors or metabolism or genetic defects that start with FTT prior to diagnosis

food protein induced enterocolitis and they are allergic to rice barley carrots and chicken

a disruption of the urea cycle which means the child needs a 0 protein diet

leucine processing disorder