We have made arrangements to go to the Star Center Foundation. We will be leaving beginning of November... It has taken a long time to put it all together. As for the last post in this series that I wrote about the food and giving her sensory stimulating things first, I actually have now read an article given to me from the Star Foundation that confirms this notion. I believe that the theory is that it makes the eating less sensory overwhelming since it is less than that what has occurred prior to eating.

We are going both for the sensory processing and the eating program they have. We learned that eating is a bilateral process. I understand this to mean that half the tongue is controlled by one side of the brain and the other half is controlled by the other half. She has bilateral movement issues. This can cause problems eating such as choking or having a hard time moving the food to the back of the throat. So then she makes up stories to help her understand why she has this hard time with food, such as "I do not like that food" That has been one of our concerns as her repertoire of food intake seems to not have grown and at times even shrunk. Anyways another update here. Hope it helps anyone with struggles. I would post the articles but I do not know how.
If there are people who want to do a playdate at a museum or something in Nov. send me a pm.