A 12-week intensive program that identifies the root cause of your child or teen's feeding challenges — and creates lasting change.
For children and teens ages 6–18 with ARFID, sensory-based food avoidance, or fear-based feeding restrictions.
Book a Free ConsultationIf you're reading this, you've probably been living with something most people don't understand.
Every meal is a negotiation. Every meal is a battle. Your child or teen eats the same 4 to 8 foods, and you know the exact list because you have it memorized. You know which brand of chicken nugget. Which color of applesauce pouch. Which crackers, and what temperature they need to be served at.
You carry snacks everywhere. Backup snacks. Emergency snacks. You can't go anywhere without a bag of safe foods, because if your child gets hungry and there's nothing they'll eat, it's a meltdown.
You've stopped saying yes to birthday parties, family gatherings, restaurants. Every social situation involving food is a source of dread.
You watch other kids eat — at the park, at school, at family events. You watch other kids sit down and eat a sandwich and an apple and a cookie, and you think, why can't my kid do that.
Your pediatrician probably told you to wait. "He'll grow out of it." "She's just a picky eater." "Keep offering." You waited. Nothing changed — or it got worse.
Maybe you took your child or teen to a feeding therapist, through early intervention or a clinic. They did food chaining and oral-motor exercises and pressure-based exposure. Your child ate a new food in session once. A week later, they weren't eating it anymore. The progress didn't stick.
You spent months and thousands of dollars, and your child is eating the same 5 foods they started with.
Your child or teen isn't broken. They aren't just a picky eater. And you haven't failed.
If your child's feeding challenges haven't resolved by now, it's not because you haven't tried hard enough. It's because there's something driving it that hasn't been identified yet.
Your child likely has ARFID — Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder — even if it hasn't been formally diagnosed. The restriction is usually driven by one of three things, or a combination:
Your child's nervous system is genuinely overwhelmed by certain textures, smells, temperatures, or appearances. It's not a preference — it's a threat response. Their brain interprets some foods the way most people would react to a genuinely alarming sensory experience.
Something happened — a choking incident, a painful swallow, a vomiting episode — and now your child's brain has associated eating with danger. The food isn't the problem. The fear response is.
Your child's body just doesn't send a strong drive to eat. They get full after a few bites, forget meals are happening, or need reminding every single time. It's not defiance and it's not mechanical — their appetite and interoceptive signals for hunger simply aren't showing up the way most kids' do.
The reason traditional feeding therapy didn't work is that it was designed for a different problem. It uses pressure-based exposure that makes sensory- and fear-based restriction worse, not better.
I developed this method after seeing too many families stuck in the cycle of failed therapy, mounting anxiety, and shrinking food lists. It works because it starts with the root cause, not the symptom.
Before any food exposure, I start with a thorough intake that looks at what's actually driving your child's feeding challenges — sensory patterns, fear responses, mealtime routines, and history. This isn't guesswork. It's root-cause clarity.
Once I know the root cause, I build a plan specific to your child. Sensory-based avoidance needs a completely different approach than fear-based restriction or low interest in eating. The plan includes a structured exposure hierarchy, environmental modifications, and parent-coaching guidance.
A systematic approach to expanding your child's food repertoire — not random offering, not pressure. Each step is calibrated to push slightly past their comfort zone without triggering a shutdown.
Your child eats multiple times a day; I see them once a week. Every family gets parent coaching built in, so I can teach you exactly how to support progress at home — turning every meal into an opportunity for progress instead of a battleground.
I track progress systematically — not just "did they try a new food," but measurable changes in food acceptance, mealtime anxiety, and family functioning. The plan adjusts based on what's working.
Most feeding therapy treats the symptom — not eating certain foods — instead of the driver: why the child can't eat those foods. It's like putting cream on a rash without figuring out what's causing it. The rash keeps coming back. The Falck's Feeding Method identifies and addresses the underlying cause. When you address the root cause, the symptoms resolve — and they stay resolved.
I'm Kenzie Falck, OTR/L — a licensed occupational therapist in Idaho with 7 years of experience working with children and families navigating complex feeding challenges. Through Falck's Feeding, I offer feeding coaching that draws on that clinical background, helping families understand what's driving their child's eating challenges and build a plan to address it.
I developed the Falck's Feeding Method because I was frustrated watching families go through months or years of traditional feeding therapy with minimal lasting results. The families I work with aren't dealing with typical picky eating — they're dealing with neurological, sensory, and anxiety-based feeding challenges that require a specialized approach.
The Method draws on evidence-based feeding-support principles, ARFID-informed strategies, and sensory-aware, family-centered coaching. Every component is designed to address the root cause while building the child's confidence and the family's capacity to support ongoing progress.
"My daughter had been eating the same 4 foods for 3 years. We tried two different feeding therapists — nothing worked. Within 12 weeks with Kenzie, she was eating 23 different foods. And she wasn't anxious at mealtimes anymore. We could go to restaurants as a family for the first time in years."
"We'd been told our son would grow out of it — that he was just strong-willed. Kenzie was the first person who looked at his history and said, 'This is fear-based restriction, and here's exactly why.' For the first time, we understood our child, and we had a plan that actually worked."
"I was making two separate dinners every night. The program didn't just expand her food list — it changed our entire relationship with food as a family. We eat together now. She tries new things. Mealtime isn't a war anymore."
In the 12-week intensive program, families typically see:
These aren't overnight transformations. This is systematic, sustainable change that builds over 12 weeks and continues afterward.
I hear this from almost every family — and I understand the hesitation. You've invested time, money, and hope in approaches that didn't work.
Most feeding therapy uses a one-size-fits-all approach: food chaining, oral-motor exercises, pressure-based exposure. These can work for some children, but they often make ARFID worse, not better. The Method starts with comprehensive assessment to identify your child's specific subtype and root cause — only then do I build a plan. Often, the families who see the best results are the ones who tried other approaches first.
The initial consultation exists to answer exactly this. Not every child with feeding challenges has ARFID — some have oral-motor deficits, some have unidentified medical issues, some have behavioral challenges that respond to different interventions.
If your child doesn't have ARFID or wouldn't benefit from the intensive program, I'll tell you that honestly during our consultation, and point you toward the right next steps. My job is to give you an accurate read, not to sell you something you don't need.
The Method is collaborative, not force-based. I never use pressure, bribes, or coercion. Progress happens through structured exposure at your child's pace, with their participation.
Many children who've been through pressure-based therapy come to me with increased anxiety around food — part of the work is rebuilding their trust that eating can be safe. Your child will be gently challenged, because that's how growth happens, but they'll never be overwhelmed or traumatized.
I understand this is a significant investment. The 12-week intensive program is $4,097.
Here's how I think about it: the cost of not addressing this is higher — nutritional gaps, social isolation, family stress at every meal, and your child's long-term relationship with food. Most families I work with have already spent thousands on approaches that didn't work. The intensive program is designed to be the last feeding program your family needs. Payment plans are available if that makes it more accessible.
You don't — and I can't guarantee specific outcomes, because every child is different. What I can tell you is that the Method is based on evidence-based approaches for supporting kids with ARFID, individualized to your child, and focused on the root cause rather than the symptoms.
The free consultation gives us both a clear picture of whether your child is a good candidate. If they're not, I'll tell you honestly and recommend alternatives. The families who see the best results are those whose children have moderate-to-severe restrictions that haven't responded to traditional approaches.
My most comprehensive feeding coaching program — for children and teens with moderate-to-severe feeding challenges who need intensive, specialized support.
Full program details and investment are walked through on your evaluation call — once I understand exactly what your child needs. Payment plans are available.
The first step is a free consultation call — no cost, no obligation. We'll talk through your child's feeding history so I can get a sense of what's going on and whether the intensive program is an appropriate fit. If it is, and you decide to sign on, your comprehensive feeding evaluation comes next — that's where the 12-week program officially begins, identifying the root cause and building your child's individualized plan.
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