Upcoming Community Workshops and Events
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Upcoming Events
ADVANCED INFANT/PEDIATRIC DYSPHAGIA: Problem-Solving Complex Patients and Practice issues
Presented by Pediatric Resources Inc
Location: Atlanta, GA
This is a: Workshop
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ADVANCED INFANT/PEDIATRIC DYSPHAGIA: Problem-Solving Complex Patients and Practice issues
Presented by Pediatric Resources Inc
Date
August 18, 2022 - August 19, 2022
Description
Two days of learning along with a master clinician. This timely interactive seminar will bring you essential information to enhance your effectiveness as a specialist in pediatric swallowing and feeding and a sought-after member of your team. Correlating clinical data, co-morbidities (airway/GI/nutrition/neurologic/oral motor/sensory), and the infant/child’s behaviors is at the heart of completing a good differential. Apply critical problem-solving skills to complex diagnoses and their interaction, for NICU infants through school-aged children. Explore hot topics in dysphagia (e.g., thickening, NMES, swallow studies, tongue tie) practice issues, therapist-physician relationships. Discuss your challenging patients. Perfect for both the novice to take it all in, and for the experienced clinician searching for an advanced level of problem-solving for complex cases and professional issues. Learning Outcomes:
- Apply system-based differential diagnosis specific to clinical presentation of feeding/swallowing problems
- Apply critical reflective thinking to complex feeding/swallowing issues
- Explore strategies to address a wide range of feeding/swallowing problems
- Explain key concepts/challenges/evidence specific to at least three “hot topics” in pediatric dysphagia
- Navigate therapist-physician/team interactions
- Complex interaction of respiratory, GI, airway, sensory and postural co-morbidities
- Case discussions and problem-solving
- Current challenges in service delivery across EI, hospital, school, and community settings
- Broad range of interventions and individualizing plans of care specific to clinical presentation
Location: Atlanta, GA
This event is a: Workshop
Contact Name: Catherine Shaker
Contact Phone: 206-949-7630
Presenters: Catherine Shaker, MS/CCC-SLP, BCS-S
# of CEU Credits: 13 contact hours, 1.3 ASHA CEUs
Babies’ Bodies and Brains: Multi-System Assessment and Treatment of the Premature/Medically Complex Infant for the Rehabilitation Professional
Presented by Education Resources, Inc.
Location: Webinar
This is a: Webinar
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Babies’ Bodies and Brains: Multi-System Assessment and Treatment of the Premature/Medically Complex Infant for the Rehabilitation Professional
Presented by Education Resources, Inc.
Date
August 18, 2022 - August 20, 2022
Description
This intermediate-advanced course will provide the clinician with hands-on treatment techniques for positioning/handling infants in the Small Baby unit (infants under 32 weeks gestation), oral motor interventions to support pre-feeding/feeding development, edema management including lymphatic facilitation, post-surgical considerations for infants, trunk facilitation to support cough development, extremity facilitation to support ribcage development, pelvic floor activation for stooling, abdominal facilitation for infants with GI complications, scar assessment/treatment, and feeding techniques for infants with multi-system co-morbidities. Advanced information on reading/interpreting vent settings during interventions for objective assessments for infants that are intubated or have tracheostomy tubes. Expanded lecture/lab section devoted to infants with tracheostomy tubes included oral motor, feeding interventions, postural control, manual cough facilitation, positioning/handling, and durable medical equipment recommendations for infant/family in preparation for home discharge.
Location: Webinar
This event is a: Webinar
Contact Name: ERI Office
Contact Phone: 800-487-6530
Presenters: Holly Schifsky, OTR/L, CNT, NTMTC, CBIS
# of CEU Credits: 15 contact hours (1.5 CEUs)
THE EARLY FEEDING SKILLS ASSESSMENT TOOL: A Guide to Cue-Based Feeding in the NICU
Presented by Pediatric Resources Inc.
Location: Atlanta, GA
This is a: Workshop
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THE EARLY FEEDING SKILLS ASSESSMENT TOOL: A Guide to Cue-Based Feeding in the NICU
Presented by Pediatric Resources Inc.
Date
August 20, 2022 - August 21, 2022
Description
Join us for a Train-the-Trainer session on the Early Feeding Skills Assessment (EFS) Tool. Effective feeding care starts with assessment of what the infant needs to be successful. Learn to use the EFS to effectively provide an infant-guided approach to feeding. Simultaneously learn to train others back home to use the EFS to strengthen your unit’s feeding care. Review current research, the role of experience, dynamic systems theory, and feeding outcomes after NICU. Videotapes with enhanced audio of swallowing and breathing to learn key skill areas of the EFS: respiratory regulation, oral motor and swallowing function, physiologic stability, engagement, and change in coordination patterns of s-s-b as infants develop. Gain confidence scoring early feeding skills as not yet evident, emerging or established. Learn components of an infant-guided, co-regulated approach to feeding and contingent adaptations that make this approach so effective, using the EFS to plan individualized interventions. Receive resources to train others to use the EFS. As a group, network and navigate challenging issues and role-model a collaborative feeding practice. Learning Outcomes
- Discuss outcomes related to feeding in preterms
- Describe the scoring process for the EFS
- Describe application of the EFS to a cue-based feeding approach and problem-solving
- Identify infant cues of stress during feeding specific to physiology, swallowing, and feeding
- Score and profile infant feeding specific to readiness, physiologic stability, oral-motor, & swallowing using videotaped feedings
- Dynamic systems theory applied to feeding
- Preterm infant feeding skill development
- Systematic assessment using the EFS
- Scoring practice via videotaped feedings
- Application of EFS to intervention, use in your unit
- Problem-solving team issues and successes
Location: Atlanta, GA
This event is a: Workshop
Contact Name: Catherine Shaker
Contact Phone: 206-949-7630
Presenters: Catherine Shaker, MS/CCC-SLP, BCS-S Suzanne Thoyre RN, PhD, FAAN
# of CEU Credits: 13.0 contact hours, 1.30 ASHA CEUs
Assessment and Treatment of Complex Feeding Disorders: Assessing and Treating The Whole Child
Presented by Education Resources, Inc.
Location: Webinar
This is a: Webinar
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Assessment and Treatment of Complex Feeding Disorders: Assessing and Treating The Whole Child
Presented by Education Resources, Inc.
Date
August 27, 2022 - August 28, 2022
Description
Live Webinar for Pediatric Therapists. Complete All Sessions for 13.5 Contact Hours (1.35 CEUs) August 27 and 28, 2022 9:40 pm EST • 8:40 pm CST • 7:40 pm MST • 6:40 pm PST (US) ERI is partnering with Children’s Health to offer this webinar Clinicians will learn the necessary components of a comprehensive evaluation and treatment of feeding problems including those encountered by children with oral motor dysfunction, ankyloglossia, oral motor inexperience, oral hypersensitivity, behavioral rigidity, and anxiety as seen in children with cardiac issues, prematurity, ASD, syndromes, and SPD. Participants will leave with a comprehensive therapy toolbox including suggestions for reducing mealtime stress, improving oral competence and thus confidence and ensuring family carryover.
Location: Webinar
This event is a: Webinar
Contact Name: ERI Office
Contact Phone: 800-487-6530
Presenters: Mary Tarbell-Bickley, M.Ed, CCC-SLP
# of CEU Credits: 13.5 Contact Hours (1.35 CEUs)
Pediatric Feeding Disorder: Consider the Factors
Presented by Pediatric Feeding Community
Location: Sandy, Utah
This is a: Conference
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Pediatric Feeding Disorder: Consider the Factors
Presented by Pediatric Feeding Community
Date
September 8, 2022 - September 9, 2022
Description
Our purpose is to connect the variety of pediatric feeding providers and educate each other on the opportunities available to help each other provide the best possible multidisciplinary care for patients with pediatric feeding disorders.
We will focus on the four main factors of PFD. We are providing the information and skills as well as the knowledge of professionals to help providers better treat this vulnerable population of children. Our conference speakers are from a variety of different specialties (Pediatric GI, speech pathologists, pediatricians, psychologists, and a dietician, etc.) to give the audience a flavor of the multidisciplinary approach required for treatment. We will also have a few panel discussions to communicate with our audience (a pediatric physician, a psychologist and a parent panel). Our symposium will also focus on rapid diagnosis of pediatric feeding disorders which is critical in preventing further deterioration of the condition. It is critical for physicians and other providers (social workers, therapists, etc.) to be able to work together in a coordinated fashion to treat children with feeding disorders. We plan to provide our audience with a framework to help them treat patients with this multidisciplinary approach.
Location: Sandy, Utah
This event is a: Conference
Contact Name: Carrie Greenberg
Contact Phone: 801-599-5869
Presenters: Anna Ermarth, MD MSc Lisa Cvetnich M. Ed, BCBA Rachel Gardiner MS, CCC-SLP Nicki Barrett MS, CCC-SLP, CNT Kristen Brinker MS, CCC-SLP, CNT Quinn Orb MD Laura Murphy PhD Sara Turner PhD Celestia Buckley PsyD Terelyn Anderson RDN, CSP Leanne Schow Smith MS, CCC-SLP BCS-S
# of CEU Credits: See Website for Details
Challenges and Solutions for Infants and Children with Complex Feeding and Swallowing Disorders
Presented by Education Resources, Inc.
Location: Webinar
This is a: Webinar
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Challenges and Solutions for Infants and Children with Complex Feeding and Swallowing Disorders
Presented by Education Resources, Inc.
Date
September 10, 2022 - September 11, 2022
Description
Course Description: Feeding and swallowing disorders can be challenging. This engaging course teaches participants problem solving skills to treat children and infants who have complex feeding disorders, including difficulties with airways, GI tract, nutrition, hydration, advancing feeding, tube feeding/weaning, lip/tongue tie, barriers to oral feeding, and ways to overcome picky eating habits, thus, improving functional outcomes. Learning Objectives:
- Apply knowledge of airway deficits for management decisions with infants and children who demonstrate oropharyngeal dysphagia
- Identify barriers to successful oral feeding (e.g., nutrition, GI tract, and neurologic conditions)
- Describe primary factors necessary as a foundation to advance oral feeding with infants in NICU and parents actively involved
- Demonstrate strategies for advancing oral feeding in tube feeders
- Implement intervention for picky eaters with a range of sensory and behavior-based principles
- Determine strategies to measure intervention/ treatment outcomes by time, frequency, and intensity
Location: Webinar
This event is a: Webinar
Contact Phone: 800-487-6530
Presenters: Joan Arvedson, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, ASHA
# of CEU Credits: 14 Contact Hours (1.4 CEUs)
Breathe, Baby Breathe: Developmental Interventions for Infants with Tracheostomy Tubes
Presented by Education Resources, Inc.
Location: Webinar
This is a: Webinar
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Breathe, Baby Breathe: Developmental Interventions for Infants with Tracheostomy Tubes
Presented by Education Resources, Inc.
Date
September 15, 2022 - September 15, 2022
Description
Course Description: Advance your assessment, treatment, and outcomes for infants requiring a tracheostomy tube. Interventions to maximize outcomes, reading/interpreting vent settings, manual cough facilitation, positioning/handling, weaning respiratory support, and DME will be discussed. Focused on infants up to 12 months corrected gestational age and applicable to clinicians working in the NICU, PICU, transitional pediatric care, in-home therapy, EI, and outpatient clinics. Learning Objectives:
- Differentiate medical pathology from normal development for infants requiring a tracheostomy tube
- Determine how the placement of a tracheostomy tube influences the development of oral feeding and postural control skills.
- Identify three risk factors for feeding dysfunction associated with oral feeding an infant with a tracheostomy
- Apply at least two feeding strategies for infants requiring a tracheostomy tube to improve sensory and motor performance with oral feeding
- Apply at least two postural control strategies for infants with a tracheostomy tube to improve their ability to utilize vocal cord movement to enhance their cough, phonation, and gross motor movement
- Choose an individualized care plan for an infant using the provided case study with tracheostomy tubes for improved outcomes with oral feeding, cough facilitation, motor control, and phonation
Location: Webinar
This event is a: Webinar
Contact Phone: 800 487 6530
Presenters: Holly Schifsky, OTR/L, CNT, NTMTC, CBIS
# of CEU Credits: 8.5 Contact Hours (.85 CEUs)
Breathe, Baby Breathe: Developmental Interventions for Infants with Tracheostomy Tubes
Presented by Education Resources, Inc.
Location: Webinar
This is a: Webinar
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Breathe, Baby Breathe: Developmental Interventions for Infants with Tracheostomy Tubes
Presented by Education Resources, Inc.
Date
September 15, 2022 - September 15, 2022
Description
Advance your assessment, treatment, and outcomes for infants requiring a tracheostomy tube. Medical co-morbidities associated with infants requiring a tracheostomy tube, implications of the tracheostomy tube on oral feeding/motor development, integrating physical rehabilitation treatments and respiratory therapy interventions to maximize infant outcomes with oral feeding, motor development, and daily activities related to play skills will be discussed. Expand your practice by integrating evidence into your clinical decision-making including reading/interpreting vent settings during interventions for objective assessments of infants that are intubated or have tracheostomy tubes. Expanded lecture/lab section devoted to infants with tracheostomy tubes include oral motor, feeding interventions, postural control, manual cough facilitation, positioning/handling, integrating use of a one-way valve into treatment, weaning respiratory support, and durable medical equipment recommendations for infant/family in preparation for home discharge. This course will focus on infants up to 12 months corrected gestational age with information applicable to clinicians working in the NICU, PICU, transitional pediatric care, in-home therapy, early intervention, and outpatient clinics.
Location: Webinar
This event is a: Webinar
Contact Name: ERI Office
Contact Phone: 800-487-6530
Presenters: Holly Schifsky, OTR/L, CNT, NTMTC, CBIS
# of CEU Credits: 8.5 Contact Hours (.85 CEUs)
NICU SWALLOWING/FEEDING: In the Nursery and After Discharge
Presented by Pediatric Resources Inc.
Location: Chicago, IL
This is a: Workshop
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NICU SWALLOWING/FEEDING: In the Nursery and After Discharge
Presented by Pediatric Resources Inc.
Date
September 16, 2022 - September 17, 2022
Description
Cutting-edge 2-days with an expert in the NICU. Essential evidence-based information for managing the complex swallowing and feeding needs of preterm and sick term infants in the NICU and in Early Intervention. Functional problem-solving approach to assessment and treatment, including a broad range of interventions and how-to problem-solve. Hear the latest research and how it applies. Case studies and videos of neonates feeding enhance learning. Gain confidence with babies you are seeing in EI and with supporting parents. Attendees have said this is “The best NICU course you can find!” and “Now I know how to help my babies in EI!” Leave with evidence-based resources for future learning. Learning Outcomes
- Describe the impact of medical and developmental issues on swallowing and feeding in the NICU
- Delineate the differences between feeding and swallowing behaviors: preterm infant vs. normal newborn vs. sick term infant vs. the chronically ill premie
- Discuss assessment and treatment strategies for swallowing and feeding in this specialized population
- List strategies for managing the complex needs of these infants and their families in the nursery and through the transition to home and community
Seminar Content
- The NICU Experience: Family Perspective
- Medical and Developmental issues: NICU and EI
- Term vs. Sick Newborn vs. Premie vs. Chronically Ill Preterm: issues and cue-based strategies
- Typical development/progression to feeding
- Assessment: Making sense of history, where to start, Readiness to feed, Safety issues, Swallow Studies, Recommendations, Documentation
- Intervention: Positioning, Nipples, Flow Rate, Swallowing, Suck-Swallow-Breathe, Care Plans, Breastfeeding, working with your team in NICU and EI
- Unique Follow-Up Issues, Optimizing Parent Support, Problem-solving on-going issues after discharge
- Networking with colleagues in NICU and EI
Location: Chicago, IL
This event is a: Workshop
Contact Name: Catherine Shaker
Contact Phone: 206-949-7630
Presenters: Catherine Shaker, MS/CCC-SLP, BCS-S
# of CEU Credits: 13.5 contact hours, 1.35 ASHA CEUs
SOS Approach to Feeding Conference
Presented by Activix
Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
This is a: Conference
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SOS Approach to Feeding Conference
Presented by Activix
Date
September 18, 2022 - September 21, 2022
Description
The Sequential Oral Sensory (S.O.S) Approach to Feeding workshop is a trans-disciplinary program for assessing and treating children with feeding difficulties and weight/growth problems from birth to 18 years. It integrates posture, sensory, motor, behavioral/learning, medical, and nutritional factors to comprehensively evaluate and manage children with feeding/growth problems. Download a copy of the full course agenda here Attendance Policy Participants are expected to attend the Conference for the entire length of each day (8:00 am to 5:00 pm on Days 1-3; 8:00 am to 3:15 pm on Day 4) in order to receive their Certificate of Attendance and their full CEU credits. Participants will miss crucial information needed to be able to correctly use the SOS Approach to Feeding program if they come late or leave the conference early. Please make all travel arrangements to ensure you do not arrive late or need to leave early on any day. COVID-19 Policy Participants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (out of the post-shot 2-week window) and provide proof of vaccination upon arrival on the first day of the Training OR be tested for COVID-19 1-2 days prior to your arrival at the Training and provide negative test results upon arrival on the first day of the training. Testing will also be required 5 days after arrival in Colorado for any out-of-state visitors. Participants must also download, complete and sign the COVID-19 Policy for the SOS Approach to Feeding Main 4-Day Training and upload this during registration or email mark@activix.co.il
Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
This event is a: Conference
Contact Name: Mark at Activix
Presenters: Kay A. Toomey, PhD Erin S. Ross, PhD, CCC-SLP
# of CEU Credits: 2.85
On-Demand Events
Pediatric Airway Disorders & Feeding-Swallowing: Collaborative Management Across the Continuum of Care (SLP/MD)
Presented by American Board of Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (ABSSD)
Location: webinar on ABSSD site
This is a: Webinar
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Pediatric Airway Disorders & Feeding-Swallowing: Collaborative Management Across the Continuum of Care (SLP/MD)
Presented by American Board of Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (ABSSD)
Date
September 1, 2021 - September 30, 2022
Description
Pediatric airway disorders are commonly encountered when working with medically complex children in both inpatient and outpatient settings. This course is intended to provide the SLP with in-depth information on the etiology, assessment, and management of airway disorders from speech pathology and otolaryngology perspectives. A summary of the current evidence will also be reviewed. Emphasis will be placed on feeding-swallowing ramifications and on collaborative care between Otolaryngology and Speech Pathology. Topic covered include laryngomalacia, supraglottoplasty, laryngeal clefts, subglottic stenosis, tracheostomy, and airway reconstruction.
Location: webinar on ABSSD site
This event is a: Webinar
Contact Name: Christina Rappazzo
Presenters: Christina Rappazzo M.A. CCC-SLP BCS-S Deepak Mehta M.D.
# of CEU Credits: 2 hours Advanced level ASHA CEUs
Congenital Heart Defects and Feeding-Swallowing: Collaborative Management Across the Continuum of Care (SLP/MD)
Presented by American Board of Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (ABSSD)
Location: Webinar on American Board Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders website
This is a: Webinar
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Congenital Heart Defects and Feeding-Swallowing: Collaborative Management Across the Continuum of Care (SLP/MD)
Presented by American Board of Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (ABSSD)
Date
September 1, 2021 - September 30, 2022
Description
Children with congenital heart defects present with oral feeding and swallowing deficits secondary to prenatal, peri, and post-surgical sequelae. These challenges can persist into early childhood, requiring a collaborative and multidisciplinary approach to assessment and management starting at infancy through school age. This course will provide the speech pathologist with an overview and pathophysiology of congenital heart defects and etiologies of feeding and swallowing disorders in this population. Considerations for feeding and swallowing assessment in the post-surgical infant as well as treatment strategies will be discussed.
Location: Webinar on American Board Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders website
This event is a: Webinar
Contact Name: Christina Rappazzo
Presenters: Hema Desai MS, CCC-SLP BCS-S Nita Doshi MD
# of CEU Credits: 2 hours Advanced level ASHA CEUs
Baby Beats and Breaths: Therapeutic Interventions for the Premature Infant with Cardiopulmonary Compromise – ON DEMAND
Presented by Education Resources, Inc.
Location: On-Demand
This is a: Webinar
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Baby Beats and Breaths: Therapeutic Interventions for the Premature Infant with Cardiopulmonary Compromise – ON DEMAND
Presented by Education Resources, Inc.
Date
May 20, 2022 - May 20, 2024
Description
Course Description: This dynamic intermediate-advanced on-demand course will elucidate the cardiopulmonary implications for the premature or medically-complex infant as related to physiological stability, evolving motor control, sensory stability, and transition to oral motor skills that support feeding. Learning Objectives:
- Integrate chest wall movement assessment and treatment strategies to maximize infant outcomes
- Utilize developmental positioning and handling interventions to reduce chest wall deformities
- Assess the effects of invasive and non-invasive pulmonary support to the facial and oral structures as related to non-nutritive sucking and oral feeding progression
- Incorporate postural support with positioning and handling of infants for improved chest wall mobility during oral feeding
- Integrate a systems approach to individualized care plan for the infant with cardiopulmonary compromise
Location: On-Demand
This event is a: Webinar
Contact Phone: 800-487-6530
Presenters: Holly Schifsky, OTR/L, CNT, NTMTC, CBIS
# of CEU Credits: 15.5 Contact Hours (1.55 CEUs)
Paediatric Feeding Foundations Program – Online
Presented by Babble & Munch Learning
Location: Online - Zoom
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Paediatric Feeding Foundations Program – Online
Presented by Babble & Munch Learning
Date
July 8, 2022 - September 30, 2022
Description
We’re sharing the details of our unique, online and in-depth Paediatric Feeding Foundations Program! The Paediatric Feeding Foundations Program has content designed to help you… ⭐ feel more confident in the foundations of paediatric feeding so that you can apply that learning in practice…. ⭐ fill the gap in your knowledge to work with paediatric feeding clients, rather than referring them all on…. ⭐ walk away with an actionable ‘road-map’ so that you can navigate feeding assessment and treatment with each individual client, with a variety of feeding difficulties…. ⭐ feel confident enough to walk back into your practice and begin applying all you’ve learned in feeding therapy…. ⭐ attend online from the comfort of your home or office for just over 2 hours per week for those wanting live instruction, or work at your own pace from the recordings at time that suited you! By joining us this July-September you’ll have access to… ✅ 13 weekly modules (~2 hours each) – live on Zoom every Friday at 10.30am AEST Melbourne Australia time (Thursday evenings for those in North America) or watch the recording after the session (you don’t need to attend live, you won’t miss out!). Sessions run from 8th July to 30th September 2022. ✅ Optional monthly group mentoring sessions (July-Sept) + a bonus post-course check-in session (November) – 4 hours total, live on Zoom held in the evening (AEST), recordings available to watch after the sessions. ✅ Downloadable clinical tools, templates and resources that you can take back to your practice to implement with your own clients. ✅ 12 months access to the online course hub, including all recordings, materials, tools and templates, so you can go at your own pace and revise when needed. We’ll be covering the following 13 modules, with a mix of theory, case examples/video, practical activities, and tools and resources: 🧩 KNOW THE FOUNDATIONS – Body Systems 🧩 KNOW THE FOUNDATIONS – Developmental Foundations 🧩 KNOW THE FOUNDATIONS – Paediatric Feeding Disorders 🔎ASSESS for Discovery – Case Histories 🔎 ASSESS for Discovery – Oral Motor Exams 🔎 ASSESS for Discovery – Feeding Observations 🔗 INTEGRATE for Clarity – Forming the Picture 🛣️ PLAN the Path Forward 🥣 TREAT for Transformation – Responsive Feeding Therapy 🥣 TREAT for Transformation – Developmental Progressions 🥣 TREAT for Transformation – Oral Sensory Motor Therapies 🥣 TREAT for Transformation – Dysphagia Management 🗂️ BUILD Capacity – Networks, Resources, Processes & Support
Location: Online - Zoom
Contact Name: Carly Veness
Presenters: Carly Veness, Speech Pathologist
# of CEU Credits: 2.0
Pediatric Feeding Disorder: Consider the Factors
Presented by Pediatric Feeding Community
Location: Sandy, Utah
This is a: Conference
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Pediatric Feeding Disorder: Consider the Factors
Presented by Pediatric Feeding Community
Date
September 8, 2022 - September 9, 2022
Description
Our purpose is to connect the variety of pediatric feeding providers and educate each other on the opportunities available to help each other provide the best possible multidisciplinary care for patients with pediatric feeding disorders.
We will focus on the four main factors of PFD. We are providing the information and skills as well as the knowledge of professionals to help providers better treat this vulnerable population of children. Our conference speakers are from a variety of different specialties (Pediatric GI, speech pathologists, pediatricians, psychologists, and a dietician, etc.) to give the audience a flavor of the multidisciplinary approach required for treatment. We will also have a few panel discussions to communicate with our audience (a pediatric physician, a psychologist and a parent panel). Our symposium will also focus on rapid diagnosis of pediatric feeding disorders which is critical in preventing further deterioration of the condition. It is critical for physicians and other providers (social workers, therapists, etc.) to be able to work together in a coordinated fashion to treat children with feeding disorders. We plan to provide our audience with a framework to help them treat patients with this multidisciplinary approach.
Location: Sandy, Utah
This event is a: Conference
Contact Name: Carrie Greenberg
Contact Phone: 801-599-5869
Presenters: Anna Ermarth, MD MSc Lisa Cvetnich M. Ed, BCBA Rachel Gardiner MS, CCC-SLP Nicki Barrett MS, CCC-SLP, CNT Kristen Brinker MS, CCC-SLP, CNT Quinn Orb MD Laura Murphy PhD Sara Turner PhD Celestia Buckley PsyD Terelyn Anderson RDN, CSP Leanne Schow Smith MS, CCC-SLP BCS-S
# of CEU Credits: See Website for Details
Challenges and Solutions for Infants and Children with Complex Feeding and Swallowing Disorders
Presented by Education Resources, Inc.
Location: Webinar
This is a: Webinar
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Challenges and Solutions for Infants and Children with Complex Feeding and Swallowing Disorders
Presented by Education Resources, Inc.
Date
September 10, 2022 - September 11, 2022
Description
Course Description: Feeding and swallowing disorders can be challenging. This engaging course teaches participants problem solving skills to treat children and infants who have complex feeding disorders, including difficulties with airways, GI tract, nutrition, hydration, advancing feeding, tube feeding/weaning, lip/tongue tie, barriers to oral feeding, and ways to overcome picky eating habits, thus, improving functional outcomes. Learning Objectives:
- Apply knowledge of airway deficits for management decisions with infants and children who demonstrate oropharyngeal dysphagia
- Identify barriers to successful oral feeding (e.g., nutrition, GI tract, and neurologic conditions)
- Describe primary factors necessary as a foundation to advance oral feeding with infants in NICU and parents actively involved
- Demonstrate strategies for advancing oral feeding in tube feeders
- Implement intervention for picky eaters with a range of sensory and behavior-based principles
- Determine strategies to measure intervention/ treatment outcomes by time, frequency, and intensity
Location: Webinar
This event is a: Webinar
Contact Phone: 800-487-6530
Presenters: Joan Arvedson, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, ASHA
# of CEU Credits: 14 Contact Hours (1.4 CEUs)
Breathe, Baby Breathe: Developmental Interventions for Infants with Tracheostomy Tubes
Presented by Education Resources, Inc.
Location: Webinar
This is a: Webinar
More info »
Breathe, Baby Breathe: Developmental Interventions for Infants with Tracheostomy Tubes
Presented by Education Resources, Inc.
Date
September 15, 2022 - September 15, 2022
Description
Course Description: Advance your assessment, treatment, and outcomes for infants requiring a tracheostomy tube. Interventions to maximize outcomes, reading/interpreting vent settings, manual cough facilitation, positioning/handling, weaning respiratory support, and DME will be discussed. Focused on infants up to 12 months corrected gestational age and applicable to clinicians working in the NICU, PICU, transitional pediatric care, in-home therapy, EI, and outpatient clinics. Learning Objectives:
- Differentiate medical pathology from normal development for infants requiring a tracheostomy tube
- Determine how the placement of a tracheostomy tube influences the development of oral feeding and postural control skills.
- Identify three risk factors for feeding dysfunction associated with oral feeding an infant with a tracheostomy
- Apply at least two feeding strategies for infants requiring a tracheostomy tube to improve sensory and motor performance with oral feeding
- Apply at least two postural control strategies for infants with a tracheostomy tube to improve their ability to utilize vocal cord movement to enhance their cough, phonation, and gross motor movement
- Choose an individualized care plan for an infant using the provided case study with tracheostomy tubes for improved outcomes with oral feeding, cough facilitation, motor control, and phonation
Location: Webinar
This event is a: Webinar
Contact Phone: 800 487 6530
Presenters: Holly Schifsky, OTR/L, CNT, NTMTC, CBIS
# of CEU Credits: 8.5 Contact Hours (.85 CEUs)