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

January 24, 2019 by Krisi Brackett 16 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 >>

Learning in Feeding Therapy

December 9, 2017 by Krisi Brackett Leave a Comment

by Jenny McGlothlin MS, SLP-CCC, CLC “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -Benjamin Franklin As I finish my 16th year as a feeding therapist, I have come to realize that I have learned a few things about learning. Learning is at the crux of what I do every day. Helping parents understand how learning to eat happens and teaching them how to transition Keep Reading >>

Pediatric Feeding Partnerships with Caregivers: 5 Key Principles

ByTovah Feehan, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC in Dysphagia CafeThis is a wonderful article. I just added this to my required reading for my grad classes in Peds Feeding! INTRODUCTION Keep Reading >>

Cups, cups, cups!

Disclaimer: Hello, I thought I would write some posts about products I like and use in therapy. IN FULL DISCLOSURE- I have links here as an amazon affiliate which give me a very small amount (usually a few cents) if you purchase from amazon through Keep Reading >>

Supportive Treatment of Eating in Preschoolers (STEPS)

The Supportive Treatment of Eating in Preschoolers (STEPS) isa small group program for children ages 2 to 5 with feeding disorders and their parents in TX started by Jenny McGlothlin MS, CCC-SLP, CLC where supervised graduate students learn Keep Reading >>

NYT article on Tongue Tie

Many of us have seen this article already and if you haven't I recommend taking a look. It provides an interesting view of a procedure that has become very commonplace in our profession. It would be easy to quickly become dismissive and upset but we Keep Reading >>

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Implementing FEES for Infants in CVICU & NICU

BackTable / ENT / Podcast / Episode #165Implementing FEES for Infants in CVICU & NICU with Olivia Brooks, SLPIn this episode, pediatric speech language pathologist (SLP) Olivia Brooks (University of Florida Shands Hospital) shares her experience Keep Reading >>

What is a MBSS- video for kids

I wanted to share a video we made to help children coming to UNC for a modified barium swallow study. Please share with your clients if you think it is helpful. It's also on our feeding team page Keep Reading >>

Swallowing Difficulties May Be Caused by Misfiring Neurons

in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN)Pediatric dysphagia (swallowing difficulties) is a frequent and serious clinical complication in a large number of clinically defined neurodevelopmental disorders including the genetic childhood Keep Reading >>

Swallow: A Documentary- Dysphagia

Nice Documentary on Dysphagia from the National Foundation of Swallowing Disorders. Keep Up the Good Work Everyone! Keep Reading >>

Impact of Oral Motor Impairment in Infants with Poor Feeding Webinar

Impact of Oral Motor Impairment in Infants with Poor Feeding Presented by Debra Beckman, MS, CCC-SLP, https://www.beckmanoralmotor.com/A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending a wonderful free webinar presented by Debra Beckman, MS, Keep Reading >>

Musculus masseter pars coronidea

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 Keep Reading >>

Poster: Child Cain’t Chew

This poster from 2018 was shared with me by Sally Asquith who gave permission to post here. The objective of this study: REVIEW CURRENT LITERATURE PERTINENT TO THE ROLE OF ORAL-MOTOR DEVELOPMENT IN DX AND TX OF PFD. COMPLETE A RETROSPECTIVE CHART Keep Reading >>

The Sensory-Motor Approach to Modified Baby-Led Weaning for Babies with Feeding Challenges

by Jill Rabin & Lori Overland Baby-Led Weaning has become “all the rage” with many parents choosing this method of transitioning their little ones to solid foods. Everyone is jumping in, with speech pathologists, dietitians, occupational Keep Reading >>

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Challenging case with advice from Suzanne Evans Morris, PhD

In this post, I have described a challenging case and solicited advice from Suzanne Evans Morris, PhD, one of the experts in our field. Suzanne graciously provided commentary and advice and challenged me to look differently at the feeding Keep Reading >>

Complex Case – Changing Therapy Strategies When Needed

Complex Case - Changing Therapy Strategies When Needed*I shared this case with Suzanne Evans Morris and she provided some guidance and analysis at the end. Hope you enjoy John is a 6 year old male with a complex medical history:Downs Keep Reading >>

Feeding Harley

I am excited to share Harley’s story, written by his Mother about her journey to help her son wean from his g-tube and become an oral feeder. Thank you Liz for sharing and inspiring us all to continue looking for answers! I feel I do need post a Keep Reading >>

Cases From Clinic

Cases From Clinic This is my second post highlighting some of our kids and how we provide multidisciplinary intervention using a medical/nutritional/behavioral approach. I post this hoping it might give some treatment ideas to clinicians. There Keep Reading >>

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