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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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A question for feeding therapists? Are you providing feeding therapy with parents present? Are you working closely with caregivers to understand their goals as well as provide teaching and training to build their feeding skills? Each patient has the unique opportunity of teaching us something as therapists and really as human beings if we let them. As therapists, we have an interesting Keep Reading >>
Incorporating complementary Traditional Chinese Medicine into a Multidisciplinary Feeding Program by Dr. Mitchell Katz, MD http://www.choc.org/programs-services/feeding-program/ At CHOC Children’s Hospital in Orange, California, we approach the evaluation and treatment of children with feeding problems with an individualized and multidisciplinary approach. Children enter our intensive Keep Reading >>
Intensive multidisciplinary intervention holds benefit for children with pediatric feeding disorders http://www.news-medical.net/news/20161111/Intensive-multidisciplinary-intervention-holds-benefit-for-children-with-pediatric-feeding-disorders.aspx Keep Reading >>
New York Times article: When Do You Worry About a Picky Eater? http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/10/well/family/when-do-you-worry-about-a-picky-eater.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1 Keep Reading >>
In my pursuit to continue to educate myself on tongue tie and feeding, I attended a one day conference last week on Tongue Tie and Breast Feeding presented by Catherine Watson Genna, BS, IBC LC, http://www.cwgenna.com. It was a wonderful conference and I highly recommend Catherine as a speaker. She is very engaging, loves questions, and her talk was very research based. Here are some Keep Reading >>
Interview with Autumn Read Henning, SLP, founder of Chrysalis Feeding, LLC. Developer of TOTS (Tethered Oral Tissues Specialty) Training. What kind of assessment do you recommend- informal or formal? I recommend a conglomeration of formal measures and informal observations. Components of my assessment include : a very in-depth case history functional Keep Reading >>
Feeding tubes are recommended for a variety of reasons. The most common being for a child who has a history of poor weight gain and growth or has a medical condition making the transition to oral feeding slow or difficult. Parents have many concerns and fears about placing a feeding tube that often include, “Will my child stop eating by mouth?”, “Can my child still eat by mouth?”, or “How long Keep Reading >>
There was a recent post on the FeeDR Pediatric Dysphagia Facebook from a therapist who detailed the frustration that occurred while accompanying one of her clients to an appointment with her pediatrician. She explained that the doctor seemed underwhelmed and not overly concerned with the infant’s feeding and reflux issues and suggested only a referral to GI that was several months out. However, Keep Reading >>