Brief Summary The goal of this study is to learn if whole-body sensory integration therapy can improve chewing skills and mealtime behaviors in children with chewing difficulties. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does the therapy help children chew food better? Does it make mealtimes shorter and more efficient? Participants will: Attend individual sensory integration therapy sessions for 60 minutes, three times a week for 4 weeks Take part in exercises such as vibration, crawling through a tunnel, therapeutic brushing, joint and oral exercises, and sensory activities Be observed for chewing performance and report meal duration and daily meal frequency before and after the therapy Researchers will compare the results from before and after the therapy to see if chewing skills and feeding behaviors improve.
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Chewing performance:
Timeframe: Pre-intervention assessment: Before the start of the therapy. Post-intervention assessment: Immediately after the completion of the therapy program (4 weeks).
Meal frequency and duration
Timeframe: Pre-intervention assessment: Before the start of the therapy. Post-intervention assessment: Immediately after the completion of the therapy program (4 weeks).
Sociodemographic data:
Timeframe: Before the start of the therapy.