Review of the Cranial Nerves We Assess Indirectly During Oral Mechanism Examinations Cranial Nerve V: Trigeminal • The Trigeminal Nerve emerges from the pons of the brainstem. It has both motor and sensory components. Motor: Supplies muscles of mastication and some of the suprahyoid muscles (i.e., anterior belly of digastric, mylohyoid) that facilitate hyolaryngeal elevation. Keep Reading >>
Introduction to the Spectrum Pediatrics Tube Weaning Program
Today's guest post is from my friend and former colleague Heidi Moreland. Heidi describes the tube weaning program used at Spectrum Pediatrics. Feeding Tube to Family Table: An Introduction to the Spectrum Pediatrics Tube Weaning Program by Heidi Moreland, heidi@spectrumpediatrics.com It is well known that children who have significant medical histories requiring feeding tube placement Keep Reading >>
New Pediatric Feeding Online Discussion Group
You are invited to join an online discussion group dedicated to professionals working with children with pediatric feeding problems. One goal of the group is to form a national consortium of pediatric feeding programs. The ultimate purposes of such a consortium would be to facilitate communication among providers, consolidate and share resources, provide opportunities for collaboration, and Keep Reading >>
Pediatric Feeding: In the News
Pediatric Feeding: In the News https://magazine.good.is/articles/arfid-new-eating-disorder?utm_source=TSE&utm_medium=FB&utm_campaign=pd&utm_content=inf_4_81_2&tse_id=INF_b14325c20c5e4faf9b8700d69a7cf286 Light news article on the addition of a new category added to the DSM-5, ARFID (avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder). Keep Reading >>
Book Excerpt: Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating: A Step-by-Step Guide for Overcoming Selective Eating, Food Aversion, and Feeding Disorders
Thank you Jenny McGlothin for providing this excerpt! Book Excerpt from: Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating: A Step-by-Step Guide for Overcoming Selective Eating, Food Aversion, and Feeding Disorders by Katja Rowell, MD, Jenny McGlothlin, MS CCC-SLP, and Suzanne Evans Morris, PhD. www.extremepickyeating.com Helping families help their children develop a positive Keep Reading >>
Happy New Year 2016!
Happy New Year! I want to start the new year off with a word of thanks to all the readers who have supported this blog by reading, commenting, and referring others! I want to say thank you to the clinicians and professionals as well as the parents struggling to feed their children. This will be my third year writing the blog and I am excited to report that we have tripled Keep Reading >>
Follow-up comments from Functional Formularies
I am not sure reader's are aware the comment section is in the sidebar. Robin Gentry McGee, founder of Functional Formularies and their dietician Tori Holthaus answered Suzanne's comment. I thought I would post here so you would be sure to see it. Suzanne, thank you for generating such interesting discussion and providing us the opportunity to learn! Krisi From Robin: Keep Reading >>
Liquid Hope from functional formularies
http://functionalformularies.com/ 1. What is Liquid Hope? Liquid Hope is the worlds’ first and only organic, whole food, and plant-based feeding tube formula and oral meal replacement. Unlike other enteral formulas on the market, Liquid Hope is made with no added sugars and no artificial ingredients – just the wholesomeness of 16 whole food ingredients like garbanzo beans, quinoa, Keep Reading >>
Everything You Wanted to Know about Z Scores but were Afraid to Ask by Sharon Wallace MS RD CSP
I have been asked with increased frequency what a z score is and what is means when evaluating a growth curve. Z scores have been used as a research tool for many years to look at trends in growth in studies. However, now that many hospitals and physicians offices are moving towards an electronic health record, we are beginning to see them used more frequently as a nutrition evaluation tool to Keep Reading >>
Local Workshop: April 29-30, Raleigh, NC
Local Feeding Therapists- For those of you who have been asking if I am going to do a local course, I have set a date: April 29-30, 2016, Raleigh, NC. Raleigh Brochure2016 CAN-EAT Feeding Course (using medical, motor, and behavioral strategies in pediatric feeding intervention) This two day course will focus on evaluation and treatment of feeding disorders using the CAN-EAT Keep Reading >>
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