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 >>
Question About Feeding Preterm Infants in the NICU
Question to the Blog About Feeding Preterm Infants in the NICU: My observation, like other therapists, is that many of the micro preemies and/or babies that have had very involved respiratory issues and complex treatment needs because of these issue, often require increased sensory input related to feeding (temperature variance, thickened consistency). What we have observed is that these Keep Reading >>
Non-Dairy Beverages: What’s New and Trending?
From The UNC Feeding Team Blog Written by Lisa Richardson Non-dairy milk alternatives have become quite popular over the last several years. Most of the families we take care of have tried soy or almond beverages. A few have even tried rice and coconut beverages. Many people ask us if there are other options…the short answer is… YES! Several companies have developed new non-dairy products, Keep Reading >>
Peanut allergy cured in majority of children in immunotherapy trial
Peanut allergy cured in majority of children in immunotherapy trial Australian researchers have made a breakthrough in the treatment of peanut allergy in children. A small clinical trial conducted at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute has led to two-thirds of children treated with an experimental immunotherapy treatment being cured of their allergy. Importantly, this desensitisation Keep Reading >>
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