[Expert Solution]: An OTR is working with a 4-year-old child who…

An OTR is working with a 4-year-old child who has Down syndrome and immature oral-motor skills. The child independently drinks from a cup with a spout and eats pureed foods from a spoon. One of the child’s goals is to transition to eating textured food. Which intervention technique would be MOST BENEFICIAL to include at this stage of the child’s oral- motor development? Have the child repeatedly chew on a textural oral-motor toy several times throughout the day. Advise the caregiver to position the child in slightly flexed head position during mealtime. Develop a perioral and intraoral stretching program for the cheeks and facial musculature.