Registration Closes: May 5th at 12 pm
About the Event:
Infants and their caregivers have specific care needs after discharge home from the NICU or when they encounter feeding challenges in the first few months of life. Feeding therapists need to be equipped to meet these care needs to optimize outcomes for the infant’s feeding, growth, and development as well as the infant-parent relationship. Having a foundational understanding of infant feeding and swallowing development and clinical assessment components is critical to be able to then identify and implement appropriate therapeutic interventions. Additionally, every parent has a right to know and have access to evidenced-based milk production information and skilled support to meet their specific human milk feeding goals. The basics of human milk production will be shared. Finally, strategies will be discussed to support effective communication and optimize collaboration with a variety of care team members. While both breast/chestfeeding and bottle feeding will be discussed, more focus will be on breast/chestfeeding during this presentation.
Presenter: Tiffany Elliott, MS, CCC-SLP, CNT, IBCLC & Tina Watkinson, MS CCC-SLP, IMH-E
Learning Objectives:
Describe infant skill development for breast/chest feeding and bottle feeding.
Identify unique care needs for infants and parents when transitioning from hospital to home.
Describe the systems to be assessed in infant feeding/swallowing evaluation.
Summarize the basics of human milk production.
Identify 3-5 interventions to support infants and parents with feeding and strategies to communicate effectively with the care team.
About the Presenter:
Tiffany Elliott, MS, CCC-SLP, CNT, IBCLC: Tiffany is a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP), Certified Neonatal Therapist (CNT), and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), specializing in pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders with an emphasis on preterm and medically complex infants and strengthening the caregiver-infant dyad. She currently works at Seattle Children’s Hospital, on the outpatient infant feeding team. She previously worked at the UW NICU, where she co-founded the unit’s SLP program. Without an outpatient therapy component, she noticed the care gap post-NICU discharge. She has partnered with professionals across Washington state to improve transitions home for these fragile infants and their families and build the capacity of therapists serving this population. Additionally, she is serving in a temporary role with Northwest Center as a Hospital-to-Home Systems Change Specialist and is a capstone committee member for an SLP clinical doctoral candidate at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professionals.
Disclosures: Financial: Works for Seattle Children’s Hospital Infant Feeding Team and the Northwest Center, Hospital-to-Home Systems as a Change Specialist Non-Financial: Member of the steering committee for the Pediatric Feeding Association.
Tina Watkinson MS CCC-SLP, IMH-E: Tina has worked for almost 17 years as a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)/feeding therapist and recently received her Infant Mental Health endorsement. She currently works at Boyer Children’s Clinic, Early Support for Infants and Toddlers (ESIT) program. She previously worked at Children’s Therapy Center's (CTC) clinic, CTC’s ESIT program, and Seattle Children's Hospital in the inpatient unit. Tina also serves on the steering committee for the Pediatric Feeding Association. Tina specializes in supporting families and their infants and children with oral motor and feeding delays. Special interests include supporting families and babies in the transition from NICU to home, infant feeding, transitioning babies to solids, supporting children and their families in the transition from tube feeding to oral feeding, and being picky eaters. Tina is passionate about caregiver-child relationships and infant mental health. She understands the value of parent coaching, working with families in their natural environment, and recognizing/respecting different family cultures. She has completed the following training courses: an 8-week NDT Basic Pediatric Course, SOS Feeding, Promoting First Relationships as well as numerous infant feeding courses.
Disclosures: Financial: Employee of Boyer Children's Clinic Early Support for Infants & Toddlers (ESIT) Program. Non-Financial: Serves on the Steering Committee for the Pediatric Feeding Association.
This program will be recorded for later viewing up to 14 days following the workshop. WSLHA will send out a link to the recording after the live session.
Intermediate Level – 0.3 ASHA CEUs
ASHA CE Provider approval and use of the Brand Block does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.
OSPI Clock Hours – 3 hours
WSLHA charges a processing fee of $5.00 for ASHA CEUs ($7.00 for non-members) and $5.00 for clock hours payable prior to the workshop.
Credits must be purchased prior to the program. Any requests for credits after the date of each workshop will be denied.
