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Hi, I'm Krisi Brackett, MS SLP/CCC this blog is dedicated to current information on pediatric feeding and swallowing issues. Email me at feedingnewsletter@gmail.com with questions.
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When I work with children who don’t eat well, I typically start by teaching them to accept a “dry spoon” which is a spoon with no food . This takes the element of food out of the practice initially and targets the refusal behavior. Once the empty spoon is accepted into the mouth, we work on acceptance of “dips” or tastes, then spoon bites of a simple thin single ingredient purée such as Keep Reading >>
Addressing the Unique Mealtime Needs of Students in Public School Setting Kristi Phillips is a speech language pathologist employed by Wake County Public School System, the 15th largest school district in the nation. In 2015, she co-founded a centralized Feeding Team with April Suddarth, Lead speech language pathologist. The Feeding Team has grown to 3 full time SLPs, 2 part time PTs, and 4 Keep Reading >>
Duncan DR, Mitchell PD, Larson K, Rosen RL. Presenting Signs and Symptoms do not Predict Aspiration Risk in Children. J Pediatr. 2018 Jun 27. pii: S0022-3476(18)30743-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.05.030. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29960768 To determine if any presenting symptoms are associated with aspiration risk, and to evaluate the reliability of clinical feeding evaluation (CFE) in Keep Reading >>
Cases From Clinic This is my second post highlighting some of our kids and how we provide multidisciplinary intervention using a medical/nutritional/behavioral approach. I post this hoping it might give some treatment ideas to clinicians. There are many ways to treat feeding and swallowing difficulties, so my intention is not to promote a certain technique or method but only to provide ideas Keep Reading >>
Real Food Formula News The benefits of using real food blends with our kids either orally or via tube cannot be denied. Abbott and Nestle have now jumped on the band wagon of real food formulas. Abbott has developed a new formula called Pediasure Harvest and Nestle has improved Compleat Pediatric which is now Compleat Organic Blends. I have not tasted or used these products yet but will report Keep Reading >>
Feed Your Baby & Toddler Right by Diane Bahr MS, CCC-SLP http://www.agesandstages.net/index.php I was lucky to be able to see a copy of this wonderful new book from Diane Bahr, one of the most knowledgable and gracious speech pathologists that I am privileged to know. This book provides a clear, easy-to-understand guide of oral sensory-motor skill development for successful feeding. Keep Reading >>
Experts will tell you that if you want to raise a kid who eats just about everything, you should feed them what you eat — assuming you're eating a varied, healthy diet. It's what most cultures have done for most of human history. Read more here Keep Reading >>
Please check out our UNC Feeding Team Post about EoE. Although a rare diagnosis, the number of children diagnosed with Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) is increasing. In the United States, approximately 10-50 children out of every 10,000 are being diagnosed per year. Because there are cases when difficulty eating is the first sign of EoE, we asked our colleague and expert in EoE, Dr. Sabina Mir, to Keep Reading >>