https://ce.todaysdietitian.com - a continuing education resource from Today’s Dietician. Baby-Led Weaning: A Step-by-Step Guide to Starting Solids Using a Safe, Practical and Natural Alternative to Spoon-feeding Purees Presented by KATIE FERRARO, MPH, RDN, CDE https://ce.todaysdietitian.com/WebinarMaterials The free webinar was live last week and slides are available. Webinar Keep Reading >>
App’s that can be used in Feeding Therapy
If you are against using an IPAD during feeding therapy, STOP reading here. See you for the next post. If you use an IPAD for therapy to encourage fun with food games, familiarity with foods or to encourage eating as a distraction tool, I’ve assembled a list of app’s about healthy eating and apps that expose kids to foods and provide education about food groups. Some apps I use and some I Keep Reading >>
Feeding Therapy Thoughts
A question for feeding therapists? Are you providing feeding therapy with parents present? Are you working closely with caregivers to understand their goals as well as provide teaching and training to build their feeding skills? Each patient has the unique opportunity of teaching us something as therapists and really as human beings if we let them. As therapists, we have an interesting Keep Reading >>
The Great Pouch Debate: Pros, Cons and Compromising
By Melanie Potock, mymunchbug.com Check out Melanie's latest post! https://mymunchbug.com/2017/03/great-pouch-debate-pros-cons-compromising/ Keep Reading >>
On the Research Front…
Shaker CS. Infant-Guided, Co-Regulated Feeding in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Part I: Theoretical Underpinnings for Neuroprotection and Safety. Semin Speech Lang. 2017 Apr;38(2):96-105. doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1599107. Epub 2017 Mar 21. The rapid progress in medical and technical innovations in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) has been accompanied by concern for outcomes of NICU Keep Reading >>
Incorporating complementary Traditional Chinese Medicine into a Multidisciplinary Feeding Program
Incorporating complementary Traditional Chinese Medicine into a Multidisciplinary Feeding Program by Dr. Mitchell Katz, MD http://www.choc.org/programs-services/feeding-program/ At CHOC Children’s Hospital in Orange, California, we approach the evaluation and treatment of children with feeding problems with an individualized and multidisciplinary approach. Children enter our intensive Keep Reading >>
Hunger vs. Starving During Tube Weaning
by SABINE MARINSCHEK Reposted with permission from No tube, https://notube.com The most frequently discussed aspect of tube weaning is the reduction of tube feeding. Should the amount of nutrition be reduced and, if so, how much and how fast? Raging myths abound and range from, ,,the child will suffer severely” to ,,further development will be compromised” or even ,,there might be Keep Reading >>
Using Periactin to Boost Appetite
This post is meant to be informational in nature and should not replace consultation with a medical provider. As with all medication, use is tailored to the individual needs of the child. Information was reviewed for accuracy by Dr. Paul Hyman, Pediatric Gastroenterology, New Orleans Children’s Hospital. Using Periactin to Boost Appetite Children who have feeding difficulty, food refusal, Keep Reading >>
Research Looking at the Relationship of Feeding and Swallowing Difficulties and Language Impairment
Prior History of Feeding–Swallowing Difficulties in Children With Language Impairment Kathy Malas; Natacha Trudeau; Marie-Claude Giroux; Lisanne Gauthier; Simone Poulin; David H. McFarland Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2017;26(1):138 doi:10.1044/2016_AJSLP-15-0171 Summary: This study looked at the potential relationships between feeding–swallowing difficulties and concerns (FSCs) and language Keep Reading >>
Feeding Research Needs Parents and Caregivers!
Feeding Research Needs Parents and Caregivers! The Feeding Flock is an interdisciplinary research team that I am proud to be part of based at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill , NC. It includes partnerships between the UNC School of Nursing and UNC Allied Health in the School of Medicine, as well as the School of Nursing at Boston College and the Center for Developmental Keep Reading >>
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