Cost: $369.00/person
CEU Credits Offered: 1.4
About the Course:
The goal of this course 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.
Learning Objectives:
Evaluate specific infant feeding disorders
Contrast breast and bottle feeding as they relate to the pathophysiologic principles underlying the suck, swallow, breathe triad
Identify the significance and/or relevance of diagnostic procedures such as video fluoroscopic swallowing study, the infant focused feeding assessment, and those used in the evaluation of gastroesophageal reflux
Examine the interplay between specific diagnoses (such as prematurity, gastroesophageal reflux, trisomy 21and infant feeding dysfunction
Apply treatment strategies to address feeding related problems such as swallowing dysfunction, respiratory compromise, and oral motor dysfunction
Utilize best practices in assessment and management of feeding problems in infants
Audience:
This course is designed for Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Speech Pathologists, Nurses, and other allied health professionals who specialize or have an interest in feeding disorders in infancy.
