Live webinar for therapists. Complete both sessions for 14 contact hours (1.4 CEUs)
October 28 and 29, 2022
9:40 am EST • 8:40 am CT • 7:40 am MST • 6:40 am PT (US)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
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 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.
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.
Lynn Wolf, MOT, OTR, IBCLC practices occupational therapy at Seattle Children's Hospital in Seattle, WA. Her clinical specialty is the treatment of infants, both as hospital inpatients and outpatients with a strong focus on feeding issues. She is NDT trained and a Board Certified Lactation Consultant, with extensive national and international experience speaking about the infant feeding. She holds clinical faculty appointments at the University of Washington. Lynn, together with Robin Glass has authored numerous journal articles as well as the book Feeding and Swallowing Disorders in Infancy: Assessment and Management. Lynn and Robin, were recipients of the National Association of Neonatal Therapists (NANT) Pioneer Award in 2015.
DISCLOSURE:
Lynn Wolf receives an honorarium from Education Resources, Inc. and royalties from her book.
She has no relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.
Robin Glass, MS, OTR, IBCLC and Lynn Wolf, MOT, OTR, IBCLC practice occupational therapy at Seattle Children's Hospital in Seattle, WA. Their clinical specialty is the treatment of infants, both as hospital inpatients and outpatients with a strong focus on feeding issues. They are NDT trained and Board Certified Lactation Consultants, with extensive national and international experience speaking about the infant feeding. Both hold clinical faculty appointments at the University of Washington. Ms. Glass and Ms. Wolf have authored numerous journal articles as well as the book Feeding and Swallowing Disorders in Infancy: Assessment and Management. They were recipients of the National Association of Neonatal Therapists (NANT) Pioneer Award in 2015.
DISCLOSURE:
Robin Glass receives an honorarium from Education Resources, Inc. and receives royalties from her book.
She has no relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.
I have taken countless pediatric and infant dysphagia courses. This was hands down the best. Lynn and Robin provided so much functional information and even their foundational information was new or presented to me in a way I had not thought about or heard about before. It is always frustrating as a therapist when we take a course and there is a lot of 'information', but not practical strategies on how to apply them in a real life situation. This course really helped answer those questions and I came away with a treasure trove of functional activities to work on with my babies. Thank you! -Amy S., SLP
This was an excellent evidence based course that provided a great foundational knowledge for feeding and swallowing assessment and intervention. Highly recommended! -Katie W., OT
I absolutely loved this course on infant feeding and swallowing. The speakers were extremely knowledgeable about the course material and were detailed when answering questions. -Leah K., SLP
I learned so much from this course. It was packed with so much information that I will continue to go back and review. The speakers were extremely knowledgeable with lots of experience in this specific area. -Julia R., OTR
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Continuing Education Hours for disciplines not listed below: 14 contact hours (1.4 CEUs). Intermediate level. License #______________.
Education Resources, Inc. is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Provider #3043. This Distance Learning-Interactive Course is offered at 14 Contact Hours (1.4 CEUs). Intermediate level, OT Service Delivery. AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures. This course can be used toward your NBCOT renewal requirements for 14 units. Provider for the FL Occupational Therapy Association CE Broker for 16.5 CE Hours - approval #20-754556. ASHA CEUs are awarded by the ASHA CE Registry upon receipt of the CEU Participant Form from the ASHA. Approved CE Provider for up to 1.4 CEU’s. The learning assessment for this course was successfully completed and approved for 14 clock hours of continuing education credit by the TX Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Approved by the FL Physical Therapy Association for 16.5 CE Hours - approval #CE22-754556. Course meets the basic criteria of the MD Board of Physical Therapy Examiners for 1.4 CEU's, 14 contact hours. Approval #2201-80 by the NJ State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners for 14 CEC's. Approved sponsor by the State of IL Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for Physical Therapy for 16.5 contact hours. The Illinois Early Intervention Training Program has approved this event for 13.75 hours of EI credential credit in the area of Intervention. Approved provider by the NY State Board of Physical Therapy for 16.5 contact hours (1.65 CEUs). Education Resources is an approved agency by the PT Board of CA for 14 contact hours. Approved by the APTA Kentucky, A Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association, for 14 Category 1 contact hour(s). Expiration Date: 3/6/23, approval #CS64-2010-KPTA. This activity is provided by the TX Board of PT Examiners accredited provider #2210017TX for 14 CCUs and meets continuing competence requirements for PTs and PTAs licensure renewal in TX. This course meets the criteria for 14 hours that can be applied toward the Neonatal Therapy National Certification. 12 hours of this course qualify towards the discipline-specific hours for the 20-hour requirement for NDTA re-certification. They do NOT qualify towards the 8-hour NDTA Instructor requirement for re-certification.
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