I wanted to put up a short post about my weekend activities - I spent the last 3 days in the Neurodevelopmental Treatment Association (NTDA) annual conference focused on postural control. Thank you NDTA for putting on an informative, inspiring, and community building conference on postural control. I am taking a page out of my academic training and assigning myself a reflective essay on the Keep Reading >>
Latin American Complementary Feeding Guidelines Updated
"It was a challenge to get 21 different countries to agree, with totally different thoughts, idiosyncrasies, traditions and culture," said Vázquez. "We had to clarify definitions and totally conceptual issues. A titanic task: we talked about the fact that this project began 5 years ago and is only now being completed." Read more: Keep Reading >>
National Nutrition Month®
I want to say Happy National Nutrition Month and Thank you to the dietitians working with children with PFD with a special shout out to the RD's working on the UNC Pediatric Feeding Team! This is a guest post from my colleague Lisa Richardson, MS, RD, LDN. Lisa and I wrote the nutrition chapter in the revised edition of The Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Disorders Source Book (pro-ed). Keep Reading >>
Happy New Year 2023!
Let me start with a sincere thank you to everyone who has followed along with this blog from the beginning. I realized as I was updating some of the pages this morning that this is the 24th year of the whole endeavor which started as a paper newsletter that I typed, printed, and mailed out with the first issue dated July 1999. Oh, how I remember the days of typing this up, going to Kinko’s to Keep Reading >>
A Formula Shortage How Policy, Societal Pressure Impact Babies & Parents
Interesting listen from NPR https://www.npr.org/2022/05/18/1099852517/a-formula-shortage-shows-how-policy-societal-pressure-impact-babies-parents This week, the FDA announced new steps to ease a nationwide baby formula shortage prompted, in part, by a temporary shutdown of a facility that makes formula back in February... (read more at link above) Keep Reading >>
Participate in Research: Recruiting SLPs and OTs for a Pediatric Feeding Research Survey
Hello! , I wanted to invite SLPs and OTs who read the blog to participate in a research study being conducted by one of my colleagues. In full disclosure, I am not involved in this study, just posting the info. Krisi There are a multitude of continuing education trainings out there for pediatric feeding and we want to hear your feedback on the available continuing ed! SLPs and OTs who have Keep Reading >>
The Feeding Matters’ International Pediatric Feeding Disorder Conference (IPFDC)
The Feeding Matters' International Pediatric Feeding Disorder Conference (IPFDC) https://www.feedingmatters.org/international-pfd-conference/ Students and families have reduce registration rates. The IPFDC will be held April 21-22, 2022, with Pre-Conference events on April 20, 2022. The Feeding Matters' International Pediatric Feeding Disorder Conference (IPFDC) has been a Keep Reading >>
Constructive Conversations: Collaborating with the Medical Team- Webinar
Info on upcoming webinar! Have you ever found yourself in a situation where different members of a child's team are on different pages? Not only is it frustrating for us as providers, it affects the child and the parents in a multitude of ways, and can even derail progress. We would like to invite you to an informative new webinar that is being offered in two weeks discussing how to Keep Reading >>
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Scientists Just Identified a Brand New Muscle Layer in The Human Jaw DAVID NIELD23 DECEMBER 2021 It turns out there are still exciting new discoveries to be made in a field as well-studied as human anatomy: researchers have confirmed the existence of a layer of muscle in the human jaw that has until now eluded anatomists. Read more here: Keep Reading >>
How does your income affect your child’s diet? It’s complicated
The personal reasons driving food choices in America are more complex than people realize, says the author of “How the Other Half Eats." Dec. 15, 2021, 10:11 AM EST / Source: TODAYBy A. Pawlowski The mom who lives in the $2 million house, the mom who is raising her kids in poverty — and the women in socioeconomic classes in between — all agree on what a healthy diet for their children Keep Reading >>
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