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Hi, I'm Krisi Brackett, PhD, CCC-SLP,C/NDT. 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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Feeding children is a dyad between the child and their caregiver who is responsible to buying, preparing, and presenting food. In all of my classes whether it be for professionals or graduate students, I talk about the importance and benefits of involving caregivers in your feeding therapy sessions. Many parents tell me that mealtime is the hardest time of the day or that they dread feeding their Keep Reading >>
Information from Jill Rabin CCC-SLP/L, IBCLC I wanted to share some resources for adapted baby led weaning from Jill Rabin. I was lucky enough to catch a free seminar last month from Jill which inspired me to add in some of these techniques to my therapy strategies. When working on chewing, I like to practice the components of chewing- side placement of puree and dissolvables and biting. Keep Reading >>
From Parents.com, By Hannah Silverman For some of us, feeding our kids is the most frustrating part of the day. I don’t know how many times there were meltdowns at our dining table—and it wasn’t only my fussy-eating toddler who was losing their cool. But to the relief of many, a new study suggests picky eating might not be entirely down to anything we’re doing wrong as parents. Keep Reading >>
Register here: https://starkandwatson.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=82&product_id=226 Hello, I am giving my CAN-EAT© approach workshop virtually on September 21-22 (5 am - 1 pm Eastern Standard Time; 12 pm - 8 pm EST in Greece or 10 am- 6 pm GMT). I will present in English but we will have Greek translation for those who need it. I am hoping this time zone might appeal to Keep Reading >>
Check out the pediatric summer series from the American Board of Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (AB-SSD). I participated last summer and loved it. Bonus is the price!! Link at the very bottom. https://www.swallowingdisorders.org/events/register.aspx?id=1861473&itemid=2e66639a-689d-406a-8964-f73518e11af3 Keep Reading >>
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN CNN — When Hannah was 7 years old, she told her parents she didn’t want to be afraid of food anymore.She had stopped wanting to go to Girl Scouts, birthday parties, restaurants, family celebrations and even the dinner table. Food was everywhere, and it gave her a lot of anxiety, said her mom, Michelle, who is not sharing their last name for Hannah’s Keep Reading >>
Many of you know that I recently finished my PhD. Gagging in children with PFD has been an interest area of mine since I started in the field 30ish years ago. I attribute that to all the gagging we saw in children who had nissen fundoplications in the early 90's. I know some of you seasoned therapists remember that time! Luckily, we do not see that as often anymore but as feeding therapists we do Keep Reading >>
ByTovah Feehan, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC in Dysphagia Cafe This is a wonderful article. I just added this to my required reading for my grad classes in Peds Feeding! INTRODUCTION Keep Reading >>