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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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Baby won’t eat! – Could it be a feeding aversion?

January 24, 2019 by Krisi Brackett 14 Comments

Baby won’t eat! – Could it be a feeding aversion? It is estimated that 25 to 45 percent of normal developing babies experience feeding problems. The percentage of babies who display avoidant feeding behavior as a result of an aversion to breastfeeding, bottle-feeding or solids is unknown. Possibly because aversive feeding behavior displayed by babies is in general poorly recognized, often Keep Reading >>

Filed Under: Feeding Treatment Tagged With: baby feeding problems, feeding aversion, feeding problem

Response to Preemie Nipple Use with Older Infants?

October 4, 2018 by Krisi Brackett 8 Comments

Response to Preemie Nipple Use with Older Infants? The unintended consequences of the extended use of preemie flow rate bottle nipples to support breastfeeding Catherine S. Shaker, MS/CCC-SLP, BCS-S, C/NDT Neonatal/Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist Board Certified Specialist – Swallowing and Swallowing Keep Reading >>

Filed Under: Oral-motor and Sensory, Research Tagged With: bottle, feeding problem, oral motor, preemie nipple

Therapy: Volume, Flavor or Texture?

August 19, 2018 by Krisi Brackett 4 Comments

When I work with children who don’t eat well, I typically start by teaching them to accept  a “dry spoon” which is a spoon with no food . This takes the element of food out of the practice initially and targets the refusal behavior. Once the empty spoon is accepted into the mouth, we work on acceptance of  “dips” or tastes, then spoon bites of a simple thin single ingredient purée such as Keep Reading >>

Filed Under: Feeding Treatment, Oral-motor and Sensory Tagged With: feeding problem, feeding therapy, food acceptance

Cases from Clinic 

April 21, 2018 by Krisi Brackett 7 Comments

Cases from Clinic  I thought I would start a regular post once a month highlighting some of our kids and how we provide intervention. I post this hoping it might give some treatment ideas to clinicians. There are many ways to treat feeding and swallowing difficulty so my intention is not to promote a certain technique or method but only to provide ideas and generate good discussion.  Case  Keep Reading >>

Filed Under: Feeding Treatment Tagged With: feeding cases, feeding problem, feeding team, feeding therapy, food refusal, swallowing

The TR-eat® Model  

March 30, 2018 by Krisi Brackett Leave a Comment

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 >>

Filed Under: Assessment, Behavioral Intervention, Feeding Treatment, Oral-motor and Sensory, workshops Tagged With: Carol Elliott, Elizabeth Clawson, feeding problem, feeding treatment model, feeding workshops, food refusal, The TR-eat® Model

Dysphagia Diets: IDDSI Replaces NDD

October 22, 2017 by Krisi Brackett 2 Comments

Dysphagia Diets: IDDSI Replaces NDD Standardized Diets: IDDSI Replaces the National Dysphagia Diet by Karen Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S of SwallowStudy.com You may hear doctors and health care professionals use terms like: “Soft,” “Mechanical Soft,” “Chopped,” “Ground,” “Blended smooth,” etc, but what does it mean? Ambiguous terms without standardized definitions lead to dangerous Keep Reading >>

Filed Under: General Feeding Information, Nutrition, Swallowing Tagged With: dysphagia diet, feeding problem, Pediatric Dysphagia, swallowing

Food Insecurity as a reason for feeding difficulty

October 21, 2017 by Krisi Brackett 3 Comments

In this post, I would like to discuss the delicate issue of food insecurity. Food insecurity is defined  as “the state of being without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food”. Specially, I want to address how not having enough food can affect a child’s oral motor function, weight gain, nutrient intake, eating behavior, and health. And how food insecurity can Keep Reading >>

Filed Under: General Feeding Information, Nutrition Tagged With: feeding problem, feeding team, food insecurity

Incorporating Beckman Oral Motor Assessment and Protocol in Feeding Intervention. 

August 31, 2017 by Krisi Brackett 4 Comments

Written by Michele Cole Clark MEd CCC/SLP Last October, I had the pleasure of meeting Krisi Brackett. I served as a moderator for her continuing education course, “Pediatric Feeding & Swallowing: A Medical, Behavioral, Oral Motor Model.” I, of course, had an instant interest in her work as I fancied myself one of the few SLPs with an oral motor behavioral approach to feeding. She and I Keep Reading >>

Filed Under: Feeding Treatment, Oral-motor and Sensory Tagged With: beckman oral motor, feeding problem, feeding therapy, oral motor, oral motor therapy, Pediatric Dysphagia

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