By utilizing a holistic approach that emphasizes active participation, independence and shared control, participants will learn to treat complex etiologies, manage tube dependency, transition to solid foods, treat sensory aversions, improve oral motor skills, achieve home carryover and more.
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:
Nina Ayd Johanson, a highly regarded clinician and renowned teacher with more than 25 years experience, is an affiliate faculty member at Loyola University Maryland, and senior speech-language pathologist for an acclaimed children's hospital. A Certified Educator of Infant Massage, Nina also works in private practice in Baltimore and lectures nationally. She has extensive experience in home-based early intervention and parent training specializing in the evaluation and treatment of children with oral motor/feeding disorders, complex medical issues, autism spectrum disorders, and other developmental disabilities. She holds a Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology from Loyola College and a Master of Arts in Applied Healing Arts from the Tai Sophia Institute. She is a board-certified Holistic Health Practitioner and was trained in integrative nutrition through the Center for Mind Body Medicines Food As Medicine, the nations leading clinical nutrition training program for healthcare professionals.
This course really helped me, as a clinician, understand my children more and how to work with their parents. -Speech-Language Pathologist
Loved this course. I will be able to apply the info I learned to my work environment. -Occupational Therapist
The missing piece to my treatment approach. -Occupational Therapist
The best course I have attended as a speech pathologist. Excellent presentation and a wealth of useful information. -Speech-Language Pathologist
"This was a terrific course! You can tell Nina loves what she does as a therapist. Her case videos of her clients were great examples of how to carry-over the AEIOU principles frames in the course. Her presentation was well done so everything was understood clearly and will be wonderful to use in anyone's practice." -Occupational Therapist
I'm leaving SO excited to try these strategies on the children I serve. It is a different outlook on food and on behavior. -Occupational Therapist
Children's Specialized Hospital
200 Somerset Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
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Hyatt Regency - New Brunswick
2 Albany Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
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This course meets the criteria for 15.5 contact hours (1.55 CEUs)
Approved provider by the FL Board of Occupational therapy for 18.5 CEUs.
Approved provider of continuing education by the American Occupational Therapy Association #3043, for 15.5 contact hours (1.55 CEUs) - Intermediate Level Occupational Therapy Process: assessment, intervention. The assignment of AOTA CEU's does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products or clinical procedures by AOTA.
NBCOT professional development provider -15.5 PDU's.
This course is offered for up to 1.55 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).