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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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Many of you know that I recently finished my PhD. Gagging in children with PFD has been an interest area of mine since I started in the field 30ish years ago. I attribute that to all the gagging we saw in children who had nissen fundoplications in the early 90's. I know some of you seasoned therapists remember that time! Luckily, we do not see that as often anymore but as feeding therapists we do Keep Reading >>
Disclaimer: Hello, I thought I would write some posts about products I like and use in therapy. IN FULL DISCLOSURE- I have links here as an amazon affiliate which give me a very small amount (usually a few cents) if you purchase from amazon through my blog. This helps me fund this blog which I am committed to keeping free and accessible. I have an amazon store here but they no longer allow Keep Reading >>
Want to spend the weekend with me talking about evaluation, treatment, and current issues in Pediatric Feeding Disorders (PFD)?Let's dive into pediatric feeding disorders! We will cover how to approach a child with PFD, understanding of the medical and nutritional barriers to progress, and how to advocate for your clients and prioritize intervention. Therapy strategies will be covered from the Keep Reading >>
Disclaimer: Hello, I thought I would write some posts about products I like and use in therapy. IN FULL DISCLOSURE- I have links here as an amazon affiliate which give me a very small amount (usually a few cents) if you purchase from amazon through my blog. This helps me fund this blog which I am committed to keeping free and accessible. I have an amazon store here but they no longer allow Keep Reading >>
By Marsha Dunn Klein OTR/L, MEd, FAOTAI would like to share some perspectives on homemade blended formulas for tube fed children. Many of you may know that Suzanne Evans Morris and I wrote the Homemade Blended Formula Handbook in 2007. I would like to share a historical perspective on how HBF has evolved since that time.How did Homemade Blended Formula Handbook come to be?Suzanne and I met a Keep Reading >>
Thank you Robyn Merkel-Walsh. Keep Reading >>
Many of us have seen this article already and if you haven't I recommend taking a look. It provides an interesting view of a procedure that has become very commonplace in our profession. It would be easy to quickly become dismissive and upset but we need to understand how our work is viewed and understood. Everything we do and recommend can have positive and/or negative ramifications. I myself Keep Reading >>
Let me start with a sincere thank you to everyone who has followed along with this blog from the beginning. I realized as I was updating some of the pages this morning that this is the 24th year of the whole endeavor which started as a paper newsletter that I typed, printed, and mailed out with the first issue dated July 1999. Oh, how I remember the days of typing this up, going to Kinko’s to Keep Reading >>