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Hi, I'm Krisi Brackett, MS SLP/CCC 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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Ideas for transitioning off of a feeding tube From Dr. John Baker, Pediatric GI I recently received an email from the mother of a child who was fed via NG tube and refusing to orally feed. Her doctor was recommending a G-tube but she was interested in getting a second opinion and avoiding surgery. I was able to put her in touch with an SLP, Jenny Hyatt McGlothlin, author of Helping Your Keep Reading >>
Free Webinars from innarahealth.com http://www.innarahealth.com The Innara Health management team is dedicated to improving neonatal care and using our broad healthcare, business and medical technology expertise. http://www.innarahealth.com/webinar-archive/?submissionGuid=61a1ec51-4580-42b5-859b-3772763dd98f Gastric Tubes in Neonates: Controversies and Unanswered Questions by Sandra Keep Reading >>
By Lisa Kleinz, M.A., SLP/L, CLS, CNT, Account Manager/Clinical Liaison, Dr. Brown's® Medical When traveling around the country as an Account Manager/Clinical Liaison for Dr. Brown's® Medical discussing feeding with feeding therapists, I often ask the question, "Do you currently use our products?" A great deal of them respond, "Yes, with our problem feeders." As a NICU therapist for over 20 Keep Reading >>
ASHA: Pediatric Feeding Assessments and Interventions (Live Webinar) Author: Pamela Dodrill, PhD, CCC-SLP Live Webinar Member: $79.00 Nonmember: $103.00 Live Webinar (Group) $249.00 Live Broadcast: Wednesday, May 10, 2017, 1:00–3:00 p.m. Eastern time Last day to register for Live broadcast: Wednesday, May 10, 2017, Noon, Eastern time This course will focus on managing Keep Reading >>
Check out the UNC Feeding Team Blog’s latest post on malnutrition written by one of our pediatric dietitians. Our team blog is written for parents and caregivers with children with feeding difficulty. Please share with your families and feel free to request topics! http://uncfeedingteam.web.unc.edu/2017/05/08/malnutrition-defined/ Keep Reading >>
A question for feeding therapists? Are you providing feeding therapy with parents present? Are you working closely with caregivers to understand their goals as well as provide teaching and training to build their feeding skills? Each patient has the unique opportunity of teaching us something as therapists and really as human beings if we let them. As therapists, we have an interesting Keep Reading >>
Incorporating complementary Traditional Chinese Medicine into a Multidisciplinary Feeding Program by Dr. Mitchell Katz, MD http://www.choc.org/programs-services/feeding-program/ At CHOC Children’s Hospital in Orange, California, we approach the evaluation and treatment of children with feeding problems with an individualized and multidisciplinary approach. Children enter our intensive Keep Reading >>
Intensive multidisciplinary intervention holds benefit for children with pediatric feeding disorders http://www.news-medical.net/news/20161111/Intensive-multidisciplinary-intervention-holds-benefit-for-children-with-pediatric-feeding-disorders.aspx Keep Reading >>