| Description |
Comprehensive 2-days covering assessment and treatment of swallowing/oral-motor/feeding from a problem-solving perspective. Neonates through school age. Current approaches, case studies. Videos to enhance learning. Essential skills for pediatric practice and problem-solving complex cases. Perfect for adult therapists moving in to pediatrics. Multiple learning levels for both highly experienced therapists and new grads! This will change your practice.
Learning Outcomes
• Delineate normal swallowing (neonate -> adulthood)
• Describe the impact of atypical neuromotor development on oral-motor/feeding/swallowing
• Provide current treatment strategies for neonates, medically-fragile infants, babies, CP, sensory issues, feeding aversions, droolers, tube fed, oral-motor, biting/chewing
• Describe airway, breathing and flow rate issues that impact safety of feeding and intake
• Identify key criteria for nipples, bottles, spoons, cups.
• Describe a wide variety of intervention and problem-solving techniques, neonate->school-aged
• List key indicators to refer for a swallow study, what to expect, how to utilize information
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