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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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I discussed many of the factors that influence the process of learning to chew in part one. This post will focus more on strategies and therapeutic techniques to help children move from a sucking to a chewing pattern. To reiterate what I said in part one, this is a slow process. While therapists can never predict how long it will take a child to learn to chew, I can say it will usually take a Keep Reading >>
When Your Child Can't or Won't Eat A Guide for Parents and Caregivers of Children with Feeding or Eating Disorders This ebook was written specifically for parents and caregivers who are struggling with a child who is having feeding, eating, or swallowing difficulties. Feeding and swallowing problems can be complicated, stressful, and effect the entire family. Getting help is Keep Reading >>
Jo Cormack of Emotionally Aware Feeding www.emotionallyawarefeeding.com shared with me her pdf of “top 10” feeding websites that she gives to her parents. I thought I would pass this along. Thank you Jo! Click on pdf here: ONLINE FEEDING RESOURCES www.emotionallyawarefeeding.com Twitter: @Jo_Cormack FB: emotionallyawarefeeding Keep Reading >>
http://nursing.unc.edu/uncs-feeding-flock-featured-in-american-journal-of-maternalchild-nursing/?utm_content=buffer30454 UNC’s “Feeding Flock” is featured in the latest edition of the American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing. Please check this out- so proud of my colleagues! The UNC feeding team also had the opportunity to contribute to one of the articles. Keep Reading >>
I wrote a guest post The Skill of Learning to Chew for Jo Cormack's website http://www.emotionallyawarefeeding.com Please check it out! http://www.emotionallyawarefeeding.com/blog/2016/7/11/the-skill-of-learning-to-chew-a-guest-post-by-krisi-brackett Keep Reading >>
Picky eating: understanding stress at mealtimes Guest post by Jo Cormack As parents, if there is something bothering our child, it bothers us too. Their problem becomes our problem. It is really painful to see a child upset when we don’t know how to fix it. And when the thing that upsets them happens not once, not twice, but three or more times over the course of each and every day - Keep Reading >>
The Long Road of Learning to Chew, part 1 One of the more common reasons for a child to be referred to feeding therapy is poor chewing (also described as being stuck in a sucking or suckle pattern). This might present in the following ways: gagging, choking or vomiting on lumpy bumpy foods and/or on solids pocketing or holding food orally for a prolonged amount of time sucking on Keep Reading >>
The National Foundation of Swallowing Disorders, with support from Cook Medical, is proud to present the second series of patient-centered webinars on the latest research and information on swallowing disorders. http://swallowingdisorderfoundation.com/pediatricwebinar/ Webinar # 5: Practical Considerations of Family Concerns Related to Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing: A Caregiver Keep Reading >>
What Parents Should Know About Radiation Safety and Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Studies (VFSS) from :http://swallowingdisorderfoundation.com http://swallowingdisorderfoundation.com/what-parents-should-know-about-radiation-safety-and-videofluoroscopic-swallowing-studies-vfss/ Keep Reading >>
https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/news/chairs-corner/podcasts/eoe-dellon Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) - with Dr. Evan Dellon Listen to the podcast with info on eosinophilic esophagitis. Dr. Evan Dellon describes eosinophilic esophagitis, an allergic condition of the esophagus which causes a person to have trouble swallowing food. He describes the symptoms, how it is diagnosed, and how it Keep Reading >>