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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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Last weekend, I attended The CHOP (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ) conference, When Feeding Becomes Disordered: Strategies to Improve Pediatric Health Outcomes, with my feeding team from UNC, we had a good time! It was a great weekend despite the April snow in Philly. Thank you CHOP for hosting such an informative meeting! Here are the highlights: On Friday, there was a Keep Reading >>
Hello Friends! It's been awhile since I posted and thought should I let everyone know what I have been up to...... I have taken some time to work on improving the blog, the new look should be ready very soon! There will be multiple posts visible at the same time and an improved archiving Keep Reading >>
Thank you for every one who participated in our challenge! We had a a total of 77 comments so we are able to give away 4 books (2 to each team)! Therefore, I did the drawing at half time. And the winners are.... Rachel Tompkins – Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater Amanda Campbell - Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater Amanda Richardson - Pediatric Feeding Disorders Kaitlyn Tartre - Pediatric Keep Reading >>
Thank you for everyone who has played by commenting. So far our teams are pretty evenly matched. 18 for Broncos vs. 19 for Panthers Remember after the big game tomorrow night, we will draw 2 names from the winning team commenters. One lucky person will receive a copy of Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater and another will receive Pediatric Feeding Disorders. Melanie and I Keep Reading >>
Broncos vs. Panthers..Want to get in on The Wager? Melanie sent me this challenge.. I’m rooting for the Broncos to win this Sunday’s Super Bowl! Can’t help it – I’ve raised my family in Colorado. In fact, my first child was born in the middle of John Elway’s first Super Bowl 29 years ago, with the nurses and doctors yelling “Go Broncos” in the adjacent Keep Reading >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>