A feeding technique the nurse can teach to parents of a child with cerebral palsy to improve use of the lips and the tongue to facilitate speech is which?
A) Feeding pureed foods
B) Placing food on the tongue
C) Placing food at the side of the tongue
D) Placing food directly into the mouth with a spoon

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Feeding techniques such as forcing the child to use the lips and tongue in eating facilitate speech.An example of this technique is placing food at the side of the tongue,first one side and then the other,and making the child use the lips to take food from a spoon rather than placing it directly on the tongue.Feeding pureed foods would not encourage use of the lips and tongue.

A Feeding Technique the Nurse Can Teach to Parents of a Child