Pediatric Feeding Disorder in the Developing Premature Infant

Description

Shared with our feeding community at the Arizona High Risk Perinatal Program 2020 Conference in August 2020, Feeding Matters has made this course available on demand.

Objectives

Participants will be able to:

• List at least 5 medical or environmental risk factors for pediatric feeding disorder (PFD) associated with premature and medically complex infant populations.
• Describe the characteristics (suck type, suck burst length, and respiratory integration) of an appropriately developing feeding pattern in preterm infants.
• Identify at least 3 tools or observation strategies used to identify feeding dysfunction and/or PFD risk in premature and/or medically complex infants.
• Describe the characteristics of infant directed feeding and identify if the feeding approach is infant or volume driven.

Speakers

Matthew Abrams, MD

Cuyler Romeo, MOT, OTR/L, SCFES, CLC