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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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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 >>
We are putting on a conference. Help us spread the word! Friday, September 30, 2022 Morrisville Conference Center UNC Health Care 5221 Paramount Parkway, Bldg 3 Morrisville, NC 27560 Presented by: UNC Pediatric Gastroenterology UNC Rehabilitation Therapies UNC Hospitals Clinical Nutrition University of North Carolina Division of Speech & Hearing Keep Reading >>
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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 >>
Please Participate in a 20-question anonymous survey on Pediatric Feeding Assessments. Click on the link: https://bit.ly/2VTcLR6Researchers are also holding virtual Focus Groups in June. Participants will receive a $10 gift card. ContactKate.Barlow@aic.edu or parabaey@stkate.edu for info Dr. Paula Rabaey, Ph.D., OTR/L and Dr. Kate Barlow, OTD are conducting a Keep Reading >>
Fortunately, babies and toddlers aren’t aware of the challenging time we’re facing right now, but the importance of protecting them during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic weighs heavily on the minds of their parents. Read more here Keep Reading >>
Swallowing specialist, Dr. Luis Riquelme, discusses the role of the speech-language pathologist during the COVID-19 pandemic. Keep Reading >>
This showed up at the entrance of my hospital this week. Thank you to everyone who keeps showing up despite the risk. Stay strong- we can do this. Keep Reading >>