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The Practice of Occupational Therapy in Feeding, Eating, and Swallowing.

Feeding, eating, and swallowing are valued occupations across the lifespan—activities of daily living (ADLs) that are “fundamental to living in a social world; they enable basic survival and well-being” (Christiansen & Hammecker, 2001, p. 156). Occupational therapy’s longstanding expertise in ADLs includes involvement in the feeding, eating, and swallowing performance of people across the lifespan (American Occupational Therapy Association [AOTA], 2014b). Both occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants1 provide essential services in the comprehensive management of feeding, eating, and swallowing problems. Occupational therapy practitioners2 have the education, knowledge, and skills necessary for the evaluation of and intervention with feeding, eating, and swallowing problems.