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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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The theme for NANT 10 is: Celebrating Milestones. As neonatal therapists, your role is steeped in supporting the attainment of developmental milestones in the NICU and mitigating the negative effects of prematurity and illness on those same milestones. You teach parents about the subtleties of developmental progression in their fragile and tenacious babies, helping them identify and Keep Reading >>
BITES®: A Behavioral InTEgrated with Speech Approach to Feeding Therapy post by Laura Seiverling A Behavioral Psychologist and SLP team up to present a series of webinars and workshops entitled BITES®: A Behavioral InTEgrated with Speech Approach to Feeding Therapy. Pediatric feeding problems are complex and often require a multi-disciplinary approach to assessment and Keep Reading >>
UNC Feeding Team presenting cases at our conference “Food, Function, and Feeding" last Friday. Thank you to Dr. Sherri Cohen and Dr. Sue Thoyre for being our guest speakers. Thank you to everyone who came to the conference. I’m so proud of the work we are doing and our commitment to the community. So proud to work with this team ! Keep Reading >>
Hello! I'm kicking off my workshop schedule this Friday, Feb 8 in Raleigh! Check out where I will be in 2019. Still adding a few more dates but hope to meet some of you at one of my classes! If you are interested in setting up a workshop, please email me at feedingnewsletter@gmail.com. For workshop details, please visit my workshop page here on the blog. Keep Reading >>
I'm sure this will be an amazing course for those of you near Tucson! The Get Permission Approach to Anxious Eaters/Anxious Mealtimes Marsha Dunn Klein, MEd, OTR/L, FAOTA The focus of this course is on helping anxious eaters, worried eaters. When children are anxious eaters, mealtimes become stressful for whole families. These children may be extremely picky Keep Reading >>
Learn about Pediatric Feeding & 100% of Your Registration Fee Helps Kids! What happens when a pediatric feeding specialist and a pediatrician who cares about healthy eating get together? They try to do some good. That’s what Melanie Potock, MA, CCC-SLP and Dr. Nimali Fernando, co-authors of the award-winning Raising a Healthy Happy Eater are doing on June 8th and 9th in Falls Church, VA. Keep Reading >>
The TR-eat® Model Written by: Carol Elliott, OTR/L and Elizabeth Clawson, PhD Elliott, C. & Clawson, E. (2010). The TR-eat Model. Pediatric Feeding and Dysphagia Newsletter. December, Vol 10, #4, p1-6. (Revised 2018) The TRansdisciplinary Effective Assessment and Treatment (TR-eat®) model melds medical management, skill building and behavioral interventions to create a Keep Reading >>
http://iddsi.org Want to know more about the development of international standardized terminology and definitions for texture modified foods and thickened liquids? Check out this free webinar next week: Through Thick and Thin: Exploring and Implementing IDDSI at a Pediatric Hospital Facility Feb 22 @ 7:00 PM PST – Register here Keep Reading >>