CAN-EAT © Approach (Using Medical, Motor, and Behavioral Strategies in Pediatric Feeding)
For information about an existing workshop or to obtain information about setting up a 1 or 2 day workshop or private training, please email Krisi Brackett at feedingnewsletter@gmail.com.
2019: Presentations
March 8, 2019; Chapel Hill, NC:
Food, Function, and Feeding. UNC Feeding Team Symposium.
Registration: https://apps.research.unc.edu/events/index.cfm?event=events.eventDetails&event_key=2B136AD8C6F51F21944AE05F330F0B9832B18CE9
April 12, 2019, 2 – 4 pm; Winston-Salem, NC
Feeding Team Management of Pediatric Feeding Disorders. North
Carolina Speech Language and Hearing Convention
2019 CAN-EAT© Workshops
February 8-9, 2019 ; Raleigh, NC
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Raleigh Course.
February 22-23, 2019; Atlanta, GA
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May 3-4, 2019; Crown Point, IN
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June 14-15, 2019; San Diego, CA
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June 21-22, 2019; Richardson, TX
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July 26-27, 2019 Charlotte, NC
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September 6-7, 2019; Asheville, NC
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October 11-12, 2019; Houston, TX;
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November 16-17, 2019; Denver, CO
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What is the CAN-EAT Approach©?
Using medical, motor, and behavioral strategies in pediatric feeding
CAN = Comfort and Nutrition– gut comfort and proper nutrition and growth comes first. This includes medical and nutritional intervention for reflux, constipation, food intolerance, and hypersensitivity/pain issues, swallowing.
EAT =Establish Acceptance of dry spoon or easy textures, then Therapy for oral motor skill development and improving volume and variety of intake.
Course Description: Pediatric feeding and swallowing problems are complicated and often multifactorial. This two-day course will focus on how to use medical, motor and behavioral strategies to diagnose, prioritize treatment options, and ensure successful outcomes for your patients.
Day 1: will concentrate on medical (GI and Respiratory) issues that interfere with feeding progression and swallowing assessment and intervention.
Day 2: will focus on nutritional management, feeding evaluation and therapeutic intervention. Therapy strategies for common feeding problems will be covered in depth with lecture, video illustration, and live demos if available. Therapy topics covered will include weaning from a g-tube, improving acceptance of volume and variety of food, reducing picky eating, and oral motor progression from sucking to chewing.
*If children are available, there will be 1-2 live demonstrations.