Children's Feeding Assessment
A structured, whole-child assessment of feeding — understanding how your child eats, and why.
Understanding how a child eats is the first step to knowing how best to help.
A complete picture.
Our feeding assessments look beyond what is eaten to examine the factors that may be affecting feeding — including skills, sensory processing, development, health and mealtime dynamics. This helps identify what is contributing to the difficulty and where support should be focused.
- Comprehensive feeding and mealtime assessment
- Feeding skills and oral motor development
- Sensory processing and food acceptance
- Growth and nutritional adequacy review
- Clear written findings and recommendations
- A practical, family-centred plan for next steps
Scope of this service
Who this service is for
Feeding assessment is for children and young people where eating or feeding has become difficult, restricted or concerning — whether difficulties are longstanding, have emerged more recently, or the reasons are not yet clear.
Assessment considers feeding development and skills alongside sensory, nutritional, developmental, medical and mealtime factors. It is designed to build a clearer picture of what may be contributing to the difficulty and what support is needed next.
Following assessment, you will receive clear findings and recommendations, including a plan for dietetic and feeding support where appropriate.
Working within the right clinical team
Feeding difficulties can involve many different areas of a child’s development and health. A specialist feeding assessment considers these broadly, while also identifying when a particular concern needs assessment or treatment from another healthcare professional.
Where appropriate, Dr Bujtor may recommend involvement from Speech and Language Therapy, particularly where swallowing or more specialist assessment of oral-motor function is required; paediatrics or another medical specialty where symptoms, growth or clinical history warrant further investigation; or psychology, occupational therapy or other specialist services where their expertise would add to the child’s care.
Referral to another professional does not necessarily mean feeding work stops. Where appropriate, Dr Bujtor can continue to support the child and family as part of a coordinated, multidisciplinary approach.
Before you begin
Do I need a referral?+
No. Families and individuals are welcome to self-refer, and GPs, consultants and other clinicians are welcome to refer directly.
Are appointments in person or online?+
Both — in clinic at Springbank Clinic in Sevenoaks, or online tele-health across the UK.
What happens at the first appointment?+
A full assessment: history, current intake, relevant medical and developmental background, and what daily life actually looks like. You leave with initial direction, and a written plan follows.
Can you write to my GP or consultant?+
Yes, with your consent. Where care is shared, a summary letter helps keep everyone working from the same picture.
What do I receive afterwards?+
A written assessment report with findings and recommendations, suitable for sharing with your GP, your child’s school or nursery, and other clinicians.