A Training Program for Selected Self-Feeding Skills for the Motorically Impaired

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to examine the effects of proper positioning and prosthetic equipment on the acquisition of selected self-feeding skills with a young cerebral palsy child and to develop evaluation strategies and procedures that could be easily employed by a teacher or parent in a classroom or home setting. The normal developing sequence of feeding skills was used as a guide in designing the training program. Results indicated that, through proper positioning and the use of adaptive equipment, the child was able to move his arms in a manner that allowed him to begin self-feeding with minimal assistance from the staff.