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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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New Research: The efficacy of 3-ounce water swallow test as a screening tool for dysphagic children: a study in a tertiary hospital. 

January 12, 2025 by Krisi Brackett Leave a Comment

Ahmed, S.A.A.E., Abdelgoad, A.A. & Khaled, D.M.F. The efficacy of 3-ounce water swallow test as a screening tool for dysphagic children: a study in a tertiary hospital. Egypt J Otolaryngol 40, 175 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43163-024-00729-8 This is an open access article that I want to share on the use of the 3 ounce water test for children. Authors are recommending that it may be Keep Reading >>

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On the Research Front…..

January 11, 2025 by Krisi Brackett Leave a Comment

Thompson, K. L., Clarke, E. C., Wasser, H., Schenkelberg, M. A., Agrawal, S., & Willis, E. A. (2024). Complementary feeding practices of caregivers of infants with Down syndrome as compared to caregivers of typically developing infants. Appetite, 198, 107356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2024.107356 The aim of this study was to describe the feeding practices of caregivers of infants with Keep Reading >>

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Understanding Parenting Styles in Feeding Therapy

January 3, 2025 by Krisi Brackett 2 Comments

As feeding therapists, we work closely with caregivers and parents. Perhaps our biggest success in feeding intervention is helping a parent be able to feed their child. One way we do this is to help caregivers understand their child's cues and how to respond appropriately in the arena of feeding. When a child refuses to eat, gags with non-preferred foods, or is struggling, it is understandable Keep Reading >>

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Updates – Pediatric Feeding News for 2025

January 2, 2025 by Krisi Brackett Leave a Comment

Hello Blog Readers and Feeding Experts, I hope everyone had a joyous holiday season and feels the potential of a new year ahead. First, I want to say thank you for following my blog and hanging in their with me during my doctoral training when I contributed very sporadically to this blog to say the least. Now that I am finished, I am looking forward to having more time to treat kids, write, Keep Reading >>

Filed Under: General Feeding Information, Uncategorized Tagged With: feeding problem, feeding research, Pediatric Dysphagia

Feeding Matters Blog: The Power of Assessment

December 21, 2024 by Krisi Brackett 1 Comment

As we know, assessment is on going process with our clients and helps to direct management and treatment. It's an ongoing process throughout the time we are working with a child. Thank you Feeding Matters for allowing me to participate in this month's blog post on assessment. Keep Reading >>

Filed Under: Assessment Tagged With: feeding assessment, pediatric feeding disorder

Understanding PFD and ARFID: A US Consensus Overview

December 21, 2024 by Krisi Brackett Leave a Comment

As we know, there is often confusion about what is a PFD and what is ARFID. This new consensus paper brings the conversation to the forefront of how these diagnoses overlap, influence each other, and differ throughout the age range. Thank you to the authors for this thoughtful paper! A US-Based Consensus on Diagnostic Overlap and Distinction for Pediatric Feeding Disorder Keep Reading >>

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Involving Caregivers in Feeding Therapy

November 11, 2024 by Krisi Brackett Leave a Comment

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 >>

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Adapted Baby Led Weaning

October 19, 2024 by Krisi Brackett Leave a Comment

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 >>

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Is Picky Eating Genetic?

September 28, 2024 by Krisi Brackett 1 Comment

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 >>

Filed Under: General Feeding Information, Research Tagged With: feeding problem, feeding research, food refusal, genetics, picky eating

CAN-EAT Approach©: Ιατρική Προσέγγιση Και Μυολειτουργικές Θεραπευτικές Τεχνικές Στην Παιδιατρική Δυσφαγία_21-22 Σεπτεμβρίου 2024

August 12, 2024 by Krisi Brackett Leave a Comment

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 >>

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On the research front

West, K. M. (2024). Treating Pediatric Feeding Disorders and Dysphagia: Evidence-Based Interventions for School-Based Clinicians. Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_lshss-23-00016 This article addresses the growing prevalence of children with pediatric feeding disorder (PFD) and dysphagia within school-based speech-language pathology caseloads. Keep Reading >>

Feeding Treatment

Gagging and the Salt Technique

During my dissertation research on children with PFD and gagging, I came across an interesting technique to treat gagging that was briefly mentioned in a few dental journals and one dental dissertation. It was referred to as the salting Keep Reading >>

Sharing UNC Children’s – North Carolina Children’s Hospital’s post

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1LWL3PKJ6r UNC Children's posted about one of wonderful kids from feeding clinic and I am sharing here! Last year, we obtained an Innovative UNC grant to bring TEACCH, the UNC autism center (https://teacch.com/) Keep Reading >>

Universal Aspects in Feeding Intervention

Let's talk about universal aspects in feeding intervention This is any idea I have been playing around with for awhile now. We all know that there are different strategies and philosophies in feeding treatment. This is a good thing- we need many Keep Reading >>

Understanding Parenting Styles in Feeding Therapy

As feeding therapists, we work closely with caregivers and parents. Perhaps our biggest success in feeding intervention is helping a parent be able to feed their child. One way we do this is to help caregivers understand their child's cues and how to Keep Reading >>

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Swallowing

Implementing FEES for Infants in CVICU & NICU

BackTable / ENT / Podcast / Episode #165 Implementing FEES for Infants in CVICU & NICU with Olivia Brooks, SLP In this episode, pediatric speech language pathologist (SLP) Olivia Brooks (University of Florida Shands Hospital) shares her Keep Reading >>

What is a MBSS- video for kids

I wanted to share a video we made to help children coming to UNC for a modified barium swallow study. Please share with your clients if you think it is helpful. It's also on our feeding team page Keep Reading >>

Swallowing Difficulties May Be Caused by Misfiring Neurons

in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) Pediatric dysphagia (swallowing difficulties) is a frequent and serious clinical complication in a large number of clinically defined neurodevelopmental disorders including the genetic Keep Reading >>

Swallow: A Documentary- Dysphagia

Nice Documentary on Dysphagia from the National Foundation of Swallowing Disorders. Keep Up the Good Work Everyone! Keep Reading >>

Oral-Motor and Sensory

Impact of Oral Motor Impairment in Infants with Poor Feeding Webinar

Impact of Oral Motor Impairment in Infants with Poor Feeding  Presented by Debra Beckman, MS, CCC-SLP, https://www.beckmanoralmotor.com/ A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending a wonderful free webinar presented by Debra Beckman, Keep Reading >>

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Scientists Just Identified a Brand New Muscle Layer in The Human Jaw  DAVID NIELD23 DECEMBER 2021  It turns out there are still exciting new discoveries to be made in a field as well-studied as human anatomy: researchers have confirmed the Keep Reading >>

Poster: Child Cain’t Chew

This poster from 2018 was shared with me by Sally Asquith who gave permission to post here. The objective of this study: REVIEW CURRENT LITERATURE PERTINENT TO THE ROLE OF ORAL-MOTOR DEVELOPMENT IN DX AND TX OF PFD. COMPLETE A RETROSPECTIVE Keep Reading >>

The Sensory-Motor Approach to Modified Baby-Led Weaning for Babies with Feeding Challenges

by Jill Rabin & Lori Overland Baby-Led Weaning has become “all the rage” with many parents choosing this method of transitioning their little ones to solid foods. Everyone is jumping in, with speech pathologists, dietitians, Keep Reading >>

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Case Studies

Challenging case with advice from Suzanne Evans Morris, PhD

In this post, I have described a challenging case  and solicited advice from Suzanne Evans Morris, PhD, one of the experts in our field. Suzanne graciously provided commentary and advice and challenged me to look differently at the feeding Keep Reading >>

Complex Case – Changing Therapy Strategies When Needed

Complex Case - Changing Therapy Strategies When Needed *I shared this case with Suzanne Evans Morris and she provided some   guidance and analysis at the end. Hope you enjoy  John is a 6 year old male with a complex medical Keep Reading >>

Feeding Harley

I am excited to share Harley’s story, written by his Mother about her journey to help her son wean from his g-tube and become an oral feeder. Thank you Liz for sharing and inspiring us all to continue looking for answers! I feel I do need post a Keep Reading >>

Cases From Clinic

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 Keep Reading >>

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  • Sharing UNC Children’s – North Carolina Children’s Hospital’s post
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  • Jessica Roberts-Grant on Special Considerations in the Treatment of Pediatric Feeding Disorders in Autistic Patients (2.5 Hours)- Free webinar
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