Pediatric Feeding & Myofunctional Therapy Goal Bank

Write stronger feeding and myofunctional goals in minutes, not hours.

The NTX Pediatric Feeding & Myofunctional Therapy Goal Bank gives skilled clinicians 246 original, SMART long- and short-term goals across 17 categories. Every goal is written to the standards that Medicaid and managed care reviewers look for, and every one is ready to copy, paste and individualize.

Created by Meagan Dungan, M.S., CCC-SLP. She is VitalStim certified and has treated infants, toddlers and children with complex feeding needs since 2011.

Why therapists love it

• Payer-ready by design. Each goal includes a functional and medical reason, an observable behavior, the condition, the level of support, a measurable criterion and a time frame.
• Copy, paste, done. Fill in the blanks with your baseline data, pick one option from each bracket and drop the goal into your plan of care.
• Organized the way feeding develops. The categories follow your evaluation from readiness to oral motor, skills, swallow safety, intake, myofunction and caregiver training, so the right goal is easy to find.
• Long- and short-term goals that work together. Build one long-term goal, then stack two to four skill steps under it.

The 17 goal categories

• Feeding readiness and non-nutritive suck
• Breast and bottle feeding: latch and suck
• Suck-swallow-breathe coordination and endurance
• Oral sensory processing and acceptance
• Oral motor skills: jaw, lips and tongue
• Spoon feeding and purees
• Biting, chewing and texture progression
• Drinking: open cup, straw and bottle weaning
• Self-feeding and mealtime independence
• Oral-phase dysphagia and bolus control
• Pharyngeal dysphagia, safe-swallow strategies and diet advancement (IDDSI-aligned)
• Medically complex feeding: respiratory support, tracheostomy, reflux and endurance
• Food acceptance, variety and food chaining
• Mealtime participation and regulation
• Tube weaning and oral intake
• Orofacial myofunctional therapy: oral rest posture, nasal breathing, tongue thrust and mature swallow, oral habit elimination, and care before and after frenectomy
• Caregiver education and home program

Also included

• The NTX 6-part goal formula with a worked example
• A payer-ready checklist for goals and plans of care
• "Words that weaken a goal" with stronger replacements
• Definitions for support levels and cue types, plus measurement options
• Functional outcome starters for every category
• Progress reporting templates (met, progressing, not met, modified, discontinued)
• Medical necessity statements and frequency justification language

Who it's for

Speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, CFs and myofunctional therapists who treat pediatric feeding, swallowing and orofacial myofunctional disorders in early intervention, home health, outpatient, NICU follow-up or private practice. It also works well as a training tool for clinical fellows and new feeding therapists.

Details

• Instant digital download: 33-page branded PDF with clickable contents
• Selectable text, so goals copy cleanly into any EMR
• Single-clinician license. Please do not share or redistribute.

Goals support, not replace, clinical judgment. Always individualize goals to your evaluation findings and physician orders, and check your state and payer guidelines, which change over time.