Melanie Potock

As summer reaches its close, anyone else find a little back-to-school anxiety triggered by the contents of the fridge? Kids aren’t the only ones who may have to work at...

by Allison Hendricks As the final month of summer has official begun, it’s time to start thinking of the upcoming school year. With back-to-school shopping, choosing extracurricular activities and attending...

By Melanie Potock I often have parents who want my sessions to focus on helping kids learn to eat healthier foods, especially vegetables. On the journey to developing the oral...

BY NIMALI FERNANDO, M.D., MPH, AND MELANIE POTOCK, M.A., CCC-SLP Some children forgo eating at lunchtime to be social. Here’s how to get your kids to eat a healthy lunch...

Getting back into school routines can come with a sharp learning curve, for everyone involved. Back to school means back to school lunches, and with that can come a lot...

By Melanie Potock MA Whether I’m working with a selective eater who eats only a limited number of foods or the more garden-variety picky eater who just has strong opinions about what she...

It’s back to school time and let’s face it: Mornings are hectic, especially for parents of children with special needs.  A healthy balanced breakfast may go by the wayside and...

By Melanie Potock MA Most parents tell me that their elementary school child has 20 to 25 minutes to enter the school cafeteria,  search for her lunchbox buried in a portable...

As a pediatric feeding therapist, part of working in the child’s natural environment is making regular preschool visits to offer teachers and staff guidance when a child is not eagerly...