Worth Repeating: How to Teach Straw Drinking

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Worth Repeating: How to Teach Straw Drinking

12th December, 2011

16 December 2011, Article, Feeding Disorders, Newsletter, OT, SLP

Heidi Kay

by Debra C. Lowsky, MS, CCC-SLP

To start, cut a regular straw in half. Not only is a shorter straw easier to handle, but it also takes less strength for a child to suck liquid from a shorter straw.
Dip the straw into a cup with liquid preferred by the child. Place the tip of your pointer finger over the top of the straw to keep the liquid in the straw. Remove the straw from the cup, keeping the top of the straw covered with your fingertip.
Place the straw on the child’s lips at a slightly tilted down angle (so that if you release your finger, the liquid will flow into the mouth).

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