In this post, I would like to discuss the delicate issue of food insecurity. Food insecurity is defined as “the state of being without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food”. Specially, I want to address how not having enough food can affect a child’s oral motor function, weight gain, nutrient intake, eating behavior, and health. And how food insecurity can Keep Reading >>
Tethered Oral Tissues (Tongue, Lip, and Buccal Ties): A Collaborative Team Approach to Care- Live Facebook Event
For those interested: Tethered Oral Tissues (Tongue, Lip, and Buccal Ties): A Collaborative Team Approach to Care- Live Facebook Event Special Live Facebook event: LIVE Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 8 -10 PM EST! 2-hour Facebook Live Event with a multi-disciplinary panel with experts in this field discussing the importance of a collaborative, team approach to care for successful Keep Reading >>
Feeding Flock – Feeding Assessment Tools
The Feeding Flock research team has developed a set of valid and reliable measures of feeding for assessment of feeding in infants and young children from birth to 7 years old. From the Feeding flock website, http://feedingflock.web.unc.edu/?page_id=461. Feeding Flock Assessment Tools: Early Feeding Skills (EFS) Assessment Intended use: To be completed by a clinician for the Keep Reading >>
Can we treat visceral hypersensitivity in functional abdominal pain?
Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 Oct;2(10):694-695. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(17)30258-3. Epub 2017 Aug 18. Can we treat visceral hypersensitivity in Functional Abdominal Pain? Miranda A.L. van Tilburg. PhD , Campbell University, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, University of North Carolina, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, School of Social Work Keep Reading >>
Preparing for Grad School or CF Placement in the NICU: Part One
Preparing for Grad School or CF Placement in the NICU: Part One September 26, 2017 in the ASHA Blog By Catherine Shaker Do you hope to get a coveted pediatric placement during graduate school or for your clinical fellowship experience? Are you interested in an even more specialized subset of pediatrics? Working as a speech-language pathologist in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) Keep Reading >>
On the Research Front part 2
Eosinophilic esophagitis in children under the age of 5 years: Clinical characteristics. Sun RW, Bonilla-Velez J, Pesek RD, Johnson AB, Cleves MA, Richter GT. Laryngoscope. 2017 Sep 2. doi: 10.1002/lary.26838. PMID: 28865084 To delineate clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) in the youngest of children. A 7-year retrospective chart review of Keep Reading >>
On the Research Front
Parental feeding behavior in relation to children's tasting behavior: An observational study. Moens E, Goossens L, Verbeken S, Vandeweghe L, Braet C. Appetite. 2017 Aug 29. pii: S0195-6663(17)31274-6. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2017.08.028. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28864254 Children's eating habits are shaped in part by parental feeding practices. This study examines how parents (1) model Keep Reading >>
Incorporating Beckman Oral Motor Assessment and Protocol in Feeding Intervention.
Written by Michele Cole Clark MEd CCC/SLP Last October, I had the pleasure of meeting Krisi Brackett. I served as a moderator for her continuing education course, “Pediatric Feeding & Swallowing: A Medical, Behavioral, Oral Motor Model.” I, of course, had an instant interest in her work as I fancied myself one of the few SLPs with an oral motor behavioral approach to feeding. She and I Keep Reading >>
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