In mountain communities built on relationships and word-of-mouth, it can be difficult to find help when you’re at home with a baby struggling to eat. We have asked around so you don’t have to. Search our list of providers, resources, and support groups by location and specialty.
Note: This is a catalogue of resources only. Nurture Appalachia does not endorse any providers.
High Country Infant Feeding Resources
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- Alleghany County
- Ashe County
- Avery County
- Bottle feeding
- Breast feeding
- Breastfeeding
- Cleft
- Cleft lip and palate
- Corrective surgery
- Craniosacral Fascial Therapy
- Doula
- Feeding therapy
- Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies
- Infant feeding
- Lactation Services
- Lenoir
- occupational therapy
- Pediatric Feeding Disorder
- Pierre Robin
- Speech Language Pathology
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- Watauga County
ETSU Health Positive Eating Program
Website: https://www.etsuhealth.org/services/speech-language-pathology/default.php
Phone: (423) 439-4355
Address: 1000 Jason Witten Way, Elizabethton, TN, 37643
The Positive Eating Program is designed for children with behavioral and sensory based feeding challenges including children with and without specific medical diagnosis.
Growing Well High Country Developmental Clinic
Website: https://appwell.appstate.edu/outreach/growingwell/developmental-clinic/
Phone: 828-262-2185
Email: ipc@appstate.edu
Appalachian State University
University Hall Building, 2nd Floor
400 University Hall Drive
Boone, NC 28607
Children’s Developmental Services Agency of the Blue Ridge
Phone: 828-278-6470
Address: 2359 Hwy 105, Boone, NC 28607
Email: hope.watkinson@dhhs.nc.gov
Coordinates feeding therapy for children ages 0-3 throughout Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey Counties.
North Carolina Cleft and Craniofacial Center
Phone: 336-716-4579
Website: https://www.wakehealth.edu/specialty/c/cleft-lip-and-craniofacial-center
Address: Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27103
Serving children with cleft and craniofacial abnormalities
Appalachian Pediatric Therapy
Phone: 828-394-5084
Email: dgrimes@appalachianspeech.com
Website: https://www.appalachianpediatrictherapy.com
Providing speech, language, and feeding services in Caldwell, Watauga, and surrounding counties