Maroon spoons are the standard tool for feeding therapy and mealtime work with a child or adult who has an oral motor difficulty. The bowl is narrow and shallow, so food sits where the lips can clear it and a small measured amount is presented each time.
That shape makes them useful for someone with poor lip closure, oral hypersensitivity or a tongue thrust pattern, where a deep household spoon simply does not allow a clean removal of the bolus. The plastic is tough and break resistant, and the deep colour gives good visual contrast against food and against the mouth for a clinician who is watching lip and tongue movement.
They are not suitable for a person with a severe bite reflex. They are dishwasher safe without heated drying, which suits a therapy room or a school where the same set is used across a caseload.
They come as a pack of ten, so a therapist or a special school can kit out a group.
