Upcoming Community Workshops and Events
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January
24
7th International Pediatric Feeding Disorder Conference
Presented by Feeding Matters
Location: Entirely Virtual
This is a: Conference
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7th International Pediatric Feeding Disorder Conference
Presented by Feeding Matters
Date
January 24, 2020 - January 25, 2020
Description
Since 2008, the International Pediatric Feeding Disorder Conference (IPFDC) has been a leader in providing evidence-based education for the evaluation and treatment of children with pediatric feeding disorder featuring intermediate and advanced-level sessions from more than 20 internationally renowned feeding experts. Attendees are also presented some of the industry’s latest research during the IPFDC poster session and gain valuable tools to earlier identify children with PFD. Completely virtual in 2020, the 7th IPFDC will be available to all registrants on-demand for 30 days post-conference.
Location: Entirely Virtual
This event is a: Conference
Contact Name: Jen Lambert, M.eD
Contact Phone: 623.242.5234
# of CEU Credits: Please contact event host for details.
January
24
The AEIOU Systematic Approach to Pediatric Feeding
Presented by Education Resources Inc.
Location: Plano, TX
This is a: Conference
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The AEIOU Systematic Approach to Pediatric Feeding
Presented by Education Resources Inc.
Date
January 24, 2020 - January 25, 2020
Description
This course teaches a step-by-step approach for helping children learn to explore food, enjoy eating, and participate independently in social mealtimes. The AEIOU approach acceptance, exposure, independence, observation and understanding offers a new and highly successful method for integrated treatment of infants and young children with challenging feeding disorders using sensory, oral motor, biomedical and environmental strategies. Five factors in this holistic approach emphasize active participation, independence and shared control. This course will arm participants with knowledge and practical information to achieve functional outcomes for complex etiologies, improve quality of mealtime, manage tube dependency and transition to eating solid foods, treat sensory aversions, improve oral-motor skills, achieve home carryover, and more. This course is presented in a dynamic learning environment, using case studies and videos to engage and instruct participants. Extensive resources are provided. Many special populations are discussed including: prematurity, GERD, allergies, autism, failure to thrive, tracheostomy, picky eaters, and children with various syndromes.
Location: Plano, TX
This event is a: Conference
Contact Name: pamela donnelly
Contact Phone: 1-800-487-6530
Presenters: Nina Johanson
# of CEU Credits: 15.5 contact hours (1.55 CEUs)
January
28
he More the Merrier: Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Co-Treatments with an OT, Psychologist, and an SLP
Presented by Speechtherapypd.com
Location: Speechtherapypd.com
This is a: Webinar
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he More the Merrier: Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Co-Treatments with an OT, Psychologist, and an SLP
Presented by Speechtherapypd.com
Date
January 28, 2020 - January 28, 2021
Description
- 3 components of a combined treatment approach for pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders.
- 3 different patients who would benefit from a combined treatment approach for pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders.
- 3 considerations for establishing a combined treatment approach for pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders.
Location: Speechtherapypd.com
This event is a: Webinar
Contact Name: Michelle Lynn Wood Wood Dawson
Contact Phone: 1.866.275.4858
Presenters: Elizabeth (Beth) Halpin, MHS, OTR/L, SCFES Rob Dempster, PhD is a pediatric psychologist Michelle Dawson, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC
# of CEU Credits: 1 hour
January
30
# 352 Handling the Rib Cage for Improved Respiratory Coordination in Function
Presented by Motivations, Inc.
Location: Houston, TX
This is a: Workshop
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# 352 Handling the Rib Cage for Improved Respiratory Coordination in Function
Presented by Motivations, Inc.
Date
January 30, 2020 - January 31, 2020
Description
This 2-day workshop has been designed for speech-language pathologists, physical therapists, and occupational therapists who need greater experience in focusing on rib cage activity and its influence on postural control and respiratory, general movement, and oral-pharyngeal function in terms of the evaluation and treatment services they provide. Significant anatomical/kinesiological and developmental characteristics of typical rib cage alignment and activity will be reviewed. Atypical rib cage activity in infants and young children with neuromuscular involvement will be discussed. Treatment strategies directed toward improving rib cage and respiratory musculature activity will be explored through group movement lab sessions and audiovisual presentations.
Location: Houston, TX
This event is a: Workshop
Contact Name: Scott Boston
Contact Phone: 803-417-6533
Presenters: Rona Alexander, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, C/NDT
# of CEU Credits: 16
January
31
SOFFI ™ supporting oral feeding in fragile infants
Presented by Education Resources Inc.
Location: Houston, TX
This is a: Conference
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SOFFI ™ supporting oral feeding in fragile infants
Presented by Education Resources Inc.
Date
January 31, 2020 - February 1, 2020
Description
This course provides immediately applicable practical information to help clinicians better identify and treat the factors that impact successful oral feeding of preterm and ill term infants. Utilizing a multidisciplinary approach both in the NICU and after discharge to early intervention through the first six months the course emphasizes strategies to facilitate infant abilities and develop caregiver feeding skills. Breastfeeding is emphasized as the best feeding method for infants, with some strategies to support breastfeeding. However, most of the feeding strategies are for bottle feedings, since more infant feeding problems occur with bottle feedings. The objective is to identify feeding readiness and provide intervention strategies from a framework of normal development. A holistic approach integrating the medical fragility of these infants is emphasized, using the BROSS approach and SOFFI™.
Location: Houston, TX
This event is a: Conference
Contact Phone: 1-800-487-6530
Presenters: Erin Sundseth,Ross
# of CEU Credits: 14.5 contact hours (1.45 CEUs).
February
01
#352 Handling the Rib Cage for Improved Respiratory Coordination in Function
Presented by Motivations, Inc.
Location: Los Angeles, CA
This is a: Workshop
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#352 Handling the Rib Cage for Improved Respiratory Coordination in Function
Presented by Motivations, Inc.
Date
February 1, 2020 - February 2, 2020
Description
This 2-day workshop has been designed for speech-language pathologists, physical therapists, and occupational therapists who need greater experience in focusing on rib cage activity and its influence on postural control and respiratory, general movement, and oral-pharyngeal function in terms of the evaluation and treatment services they provide. Significant anatomical/kinesiological and developmental characteristics of typical rib cage alignment and activity will be reviewed. Atypical rib cage activity in infants and young children with neuromuscular involvement will be discussed. Treatment strategies directed toward improving rib cage and respiratory musculature activity will be explored through group movement lab sessions and audiovisual presentations.
Location: Los Angeles, CA
This event is a: Workshop
Contact Name: Scott Boston
Contact Phone: 803-417-6533
Presenters: Rona Alexander, PhD, CCC-SLP
# of CEU Credits: 16
February
07
The Get Permission Approach to Anxious Eaters/Anxious Mealtimes
Presented by Pediatric Possibilities
Location: Raleigh, NC
This is a: Workshop, Conference
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The Get Permission Approach to Anxious Eaters/Anxious Mealtimes
Presented by Pediatric Possibilities
Date
February 7, 2020 - February 8, 2020
Description
The focus of this course is on helping anxious eaters, worried eaters. When children are anxious eaters, mealtimes become stressful for whole families. These children may be extremely picky eaters, children with diagnosed or undiagnosed anxiety, autism spectrum disorders, or extreme mealtime worry. This practical course will discuss and demonstrate practical strategies in support of children and families who are influenced by mealtime worry. It will focus on trust, sensitive reading of cues and responding to the child’s reaction to mealtime change. Parent success will be key to the strategies presented.
Location: Raleigh, NC
This event is a: Workshop, Conference
Contact Name: Rose Langston
Contact Phone: 919-844-1100
Presenters: Marsha Dunn Klein, OTR/L, MEd, FAOTA
# of CEU Credits: Please contact event host for details.
February
08
Feeding and Swallowing Disorders in Infancy: Assessment and Management
Presented by Education Resources Inc.
Location: Miami, FL
This is a: Conference
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Feeding and Swallowing Disorders in Infancy: Assessment and Management
Presented by Education Resources Inc.
Date
February 8, 2020 - February 9, 2020
Description
The goal of this conference is to provide a framework from which to view the continuum of infant feeding options, including breast and bottle feeding. Focus will be on comprehensive assessment and management strategies. Participants will have the opportunity to expand their repertoire of evaluation techniques and intervention strategies when working with infants who demonstrate feeding or swallowing dysfunction. It will span from the hospital/NICU environment through homecare, EI, and outpatients within the first two years of life. This course will be relevant to physical and occupational therapists, speech and language pathologists, lactation consultants, nurses and other health professionals who specialize in or who have an interest in infant feeding disorders.
- Evaluate specific infant feeding disorders and generate appropriate treatment strategies for their management.
- Summarize the pathophysiologic principles underlying the suck, swallow, breathe triad and how they apply to breast and bottle feeding.
- Describe increased awareness of diagnostic procedures such as videofluoroscopic swallowing study, infant-focused feeding assessment, evaluation of gastroesophageal reflux.
- Discuss the interplay between specific diagnoses (such as prematurity, gastroesophageal reflux, cleft lip, and palate) and infant feeding dysfunction.
- Select and use treatment strategies to address swallowing dysfunction, aspiration and oral motor dysfunction.
- Synthesize knowledge and utilize best practices in assessment and management of feeding problems in infants.
Location: Miami, FL
This event is a: Conference
Contact Name: Pamela Donnelly
Contact Phone: 1-800-487-6530
Presenters: Glass, Robin P. and Wolf, Lynn
# of CEU Credits: This course meets the criteria for 14 contact hours (1.4 CEUs)
February
15
The AEIOU Systematic Approach to Pediatric Feeding
Presented by Education Resources Inc.
Location: Los Angeles, CA
This is a: Conference
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The AEIOU Systematic Approach to Pediatric Feeding
Presented by Education Resources Inc.
Date
February 15, 2020 - February 16, 2020
Description
This course teaches a step-by-step approach for helping children learn to explore food, enjoy eating, and participate independently in social mealtimes. The AEIOU approach acceptance, exposure, independence, observation and understanding offers a new and highly successful method for integrated treatment of infants and young children with challenging feeding disorders using sensory, oral motor, biomedical and environmental strategies. Five factors in this holistic approach emphasize active participation, independence and shared control. This course will arm participants with knowledge and practical information to achieve functional outcomes for complex etiologies, improve quality of mealtime, manage tube dependency and transition to eating solid foods, treat sensory aversions, improve oral-motor skills, achieve home carryover, and more. This course is presented in a dynamic learning environment, using case studies and videos to engage and instruct participants. Extensive resources are provided. Many special populations are discussed including: prematurity, GERD, allergies, autism, failure to thrive, tracheostomy, picky eaters, and children with various syndromes.
Participants will be able to apply course learning immediately to:
- Develop assessment and treatment strategies that integrate 5 management factors for biomedical and enviro-behavioral influences that limit successful feeding in infants and young children.
- Formulate strategies to achieve parent buy-in for home carryover, promote positive parent-child interaction, and help children participate independently in social mealtime routines.
- Identify contraindications for oral feeding and describe a 5-step treatment plan for advancing prefeeding skills in non-oral feeders.
- Assess signs of distress and/or disengagement during feeding.
- Develop and implement treatment plans for oral feeding that expand taste repertoire and texture acceptance by incorporating strategies for the mealtime environment, seating/positioning, and oralmotor, sensory, and motor deficits.
Location: Los Angeles, CA
This event is a: Conference
Contact Name: Pamela Donnelly
Contact Phone: 1-800-487-6530
Presenters: Nina Johanson
# of CEU Credits: 15.5 contact hours (1.55 CEUs).
February
21
Kinesiology Taping Techniques for Swallowing Disorders
Presented by CIAO Seminars
Location: Tampa, FL
This is a: Workshop
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Kinesiology Taping Techniques for Swallowing Disorders
Presented by CIAO Seminars
Date
February 21, 2020 - February 21, 2020
Description
Elastic taping techniques have gained the attention of rehab providers offering support while allowing functional movement. This research-based modality has a variety of applications to address functional impairment. This course will focus on taping strategies relevant to dysphagia therapy. Therapeutic applications provide re-education of the neuromuscular system, influence lymphatic drainage, improve localized circulation and reduce pain. Diagnoses familiar to the dysphagia specialist benefit from its use. Taping strategies offer muscular inhibition as in craniomandibular hypertonus, muscular recruitment facilitating hyoid movement and minimize postural compensation related to sensory input. This course will educate the dysphagia clinician on the therapeutic benefit of taping to improve motor patterns and facilitate a client’s functional independence. Though focused on the adult population, experienced pediatric clinicians can easily apply these techniques to the pediatric population.
Location: Tampa, FL
This event is a: Workshop
Contact Name: CIAO Seminars
Contact Phone: 8509168886
Presenters: John Kelly, M.P.T.
# of CEU Credits: 0.75 CEUs (7.5 Hrs.)