Please check out the blog I wrote for ASHA (The American Speech and Hearing Association)! http://blog.asha.org/2014/06/03/what-slps-need-to-know-about-the-medical-side-of-pediatric-feeding/ Keep Reading >>
Case Study: Long Meal Times and Poor Chewing: A Feeding Team Approach
Case Study: Long Meal Times and Poor Chewing: A feeding Team Approach Referral:B.T. - a 6 year old female with prolonged meal time (meals can take 45-60 minutes). B.T. also pockets and holds solids in her cheeks and needs verbal cues to chew. Feeding Team Evaluation and Management: Medical history taken during assessment included: 30 week preterm infant Attention Keep Reading >>
Part One: Interview with Mary E. Schiavoni, MS, CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathologist, Feeding Consultant, Pediatric Neurodevelopmental Therapist
1. What is your background and what led to the design of the Chewy Tube? From the earliest days of my professional career I have had an interest in specializing in the pediatric field, working with children having special needs. In addition to my educational preparation as a Speech and Language Pathologist, I also acquired certification as an Elementary Education Teacher, and in the area of Keep Reading >>
Fees in Pediatrics, Considerations for adapting the exam to infants and children By Krisi Brackett, MS, CCC-SLP, and Brian Kanapkey, MA, CCC-SLP
This article was published in Advance for Speech-Language Pathologists, November, 2004 , Vol. 14 •Issue 45 • Page 10. Advance gave permission to re-post. Original article can be accessed at:http://speech-language-pathology-audiology.advanceweb.com/Article/Fees-in-Pediatrics.aspx Since Susan Langmore developed fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) in 1988, the use of endoscopy for Keep Reading >>
Using Gross Motor for Oral Motor – How Trunk Turning Exercises Can Improve Tongue Lateralization by Debbie Lowsky, MS, CCC-SLP, owner & inventor www.ARKTherapeutic.com
The author, Debbie Lowsky, MS CCC-SLP gave permission for this article to reposted here. Looking at gross motor skills in relation to oral motor skills is an important concept. Developmentally, a child achieves trunk rotation before lateralization in the mouth. Therefore, It make sense that using exercises that develop rotation can help with the progression toward chewing. I also use rotation Keep Reading >>
Solid food dysphagia in pediatrics- what does it mean?
Some children will be referred for a feeding and swallowing evaluation because of solid food dysphagia or difficulty swallowing solids. Caregivers might describe coughing, choking or gagging on solid food during mealtime. What does this mean and how should it be evaluated? Solid food dysphagia can be related to several different etiologies. GI Issues: In adult patients, solid food Keep Reading >>
On the research front….
Fisher T. & Dusick A. (2014). Case Study: Caregiver Perception of Pediatric Multidisciplinary Feeding Outpatient Clinic. The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, Vol. 2, Iss. 1 [2014], Art. 4. This study explores the satisfaction of caregivers who attended a feeding clinic with a multidisciplinary team. Thirty-five participants participated and results indicated that most participants Keep Reading >>
GI Issues that interfere with successful feeding: How to recognize the symptoms
There are many reasons that infants and children develop feeding problems. Many of these children have a history of prematurity, neurological dysfunction, respiratory issues, gastrointestinal dysfunction, and learned patterns of behavior as well as other issues. Research supports that a significant number of children have feeding difficulty related to their GI dysfunction. Hyman PE. Keep Reading >>
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