Education Resources, Inc., delivers evidence-based and clinically proven continuing education unit (CEU) courses, improving methods of pediatric feedings in SLPs, PTs, OTs, nurses, social workers, dieticians, lactation consultants, psychologists and neonatal therapists. Our students learn new skills to help them identify and treat feeding disorders sooner, improving patient outcomes.
Our pediatric feeding courses are hosted by our internationally renowned faculty of experts in various pediatric fields. The goal of any of our live webinars, online courses or in-person events is to instill confidence in our students so they can effectively diagnose and administer treatments for feeding disorders such as:
- Pediatric feeding disorders
- Oral sensory and motor challenges
- Oral hypersensitivity
- Swallowing disorders
- Tube feeding and weaning
- Picky eating
- Respiratory and cardiac function
- Neuromuscular impairments
- Infant and neonate challenges
- Postural stability
- Anxiety
- Behavioral and learning challenges
- Lip and tongue ties
Courses will focus on every aspect of treatment, including case management, facilitating feeding transitions and diet advancement.
__________________________________________________________________________________
NEW Birth to Three Conference!
MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON!
Click here to be the first to learn more information about the conference once available.
Save the date for March 20 and 21, 2025! ERI is hosting its 2nd Annual virtual Birth to Three Conference that will be geared towards Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, Special Educators, Assistants and more who work in a variety of pediatric settings including early intervention, hospital inpatient and outpatient, outpatient private practice, rehab, home care, or specialty clinic and want to advance their hands-on skills and strategies when treating the birth to 3 population.
__________________________________________________________________________________
Learn Together and Save
When you register as a group of three or more people, receive a discounted group rate! Check out our group rates and loyalty rewards to see how you can save.
_______________________________________________________________________________
NEW! BUNDLE and SAVE!
10% discount off 2 courses
15% discount off 3 or more courses
Discount is automatically taken off of each course.
LIVE Webinars
NEW dates, topics, and speakers being added
(click on the faculty name for a full listing of courses and dates).
NEW! Torticollis – Beyond the Basics: Improving Postural Alignment, Motor Skills and Feeding Outcomes Through a Multi-Disciplinary Lens
Anais Villaluna, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC, Dana Kizer, MS, OTR/L, BCP, and Trisha Thorne, PT, DPT, PCS, c/NDT, CNT, NTMCT
Learn important considerations and strategies beyond the basics to utilize when providing intervention to infants and children with torticollis. By learning to think critically using a multidisciplinary lens, therapists will be better equipped to provide effective assessment and interventions in the areas of developmental milestones, posture, fine/gross motor development and feeding & swallowing skills.
__________________________________________________________________________________
Treatment Strategies for the Improvement of Oral, Pharyngeal, Feeding/Swallowing, and Respiratory Coordination Function: The Child with Neuromuscular Involvement
Rona Alexander, CCC-SLP, PhD, BCS-s, C/NDT
This engaging course delivers a wealth of information on assessment and treatments that focus on the trunk, respiration, swallowing skills, and oral motor functioning, as well as mealtime strategies to improve feeding in infants and children with neuromuscular impairments.
Advanced Clinical Problem Solving: Feeding, Swallowing and Respiratory Coordination in Children with Neuromuscular Involvement
Rona Alexander, CCC-SLP, PhD, BCS-s, C/NDT
Expand and apply advanced clinical problem-solving skills to evaluating and developing the plan of care for children with neuromuscular impairments including problems in feeding, swallowing, and respiratory coordination function
Challenges and Solutions for Infants and Children with Complex Feeding and Swallowing Disorders
Joan Arvedson, CCC-SLP, PhD, BCW-S
Feeding and swallowing disorders can be challenging. This engaging course teaches participants problem-solving skills to treat children and infants who have complex feeding disorders, including difficulties with airways, GI tract, nutrition, hydration, advancing feeding, tube feeding/weaning, lip/tongue tie, barriers to oral feeding, and ways to overcome picky eating habits, thus, improving functional outcomes
Feeding and Swallowing Disorders in Infancy: Assessment and Management
Robin Glass, OTR, MS and Lynn Wolf, OTR, MOT, IBCLC
Participants will learn to assess infants as well as strategies to treat swallowing dysfunction, respiration and flow issues, complications with down syndrome, and transitions from tube to oral feeding. The course will also address foundational feeding skills, breastfeeding issues, and gastroesophageal reflux.
Feeding and Swallowing Disorders in Infancy: Implications for Breast and Bottle Feeding
Robin Glass, OTR, MS and Lynn Wolf, OTR, MOT, IBCLC
NEW! Feeding Challenges in Infants, Toddlers and Beyond: Learn Critical Thinking Skills to Safely Manage Difficult Feeding and Swallowing Cases – The BRIDGE Approach
Dana Kizer, OT and Anais Villaluna, SLP
Learn tools and strategies to guide your clinical decision-making process for assessment and treatment of a child with complex feeding issues. Pediatric dysphagia presents many challenges as multiple developmental and physiological factors impact the ability to eat or drink safely and efficiently. BRIDGE provides a multifaceted, collaborative assessment and treatment approach that provides therapists with the tools to think critically when working through difficult cases.
_________________________________________________________________________________
NEW! Torticollis – Beyond the Basics: Improving Postural Alignment, Motor Skills and Feeding Outcomes Through a Multi-Disciplinary Lens
Dana Kizer, OT, Anais Villaluna, SLP and Trisha Thorne, PT
Learn important considerations and strategies beyond the basics to utilize when providing intervention to infants and children with torticollis. By learning to think critically using a multidisciplinary lens, therapists will be better equipped to provide effective assessment and interventions.
__________________________________________________________________________________
Advanced Practice for the Complex Neonate: Strategies for Success in the NICU, PICU and SICU
A J Lee, CCC_SLP, MS, CNT, NTMTC
Learn in-depth knowledge of the developmental consequences and physiologic obstacles for infants born with Cardiac, Respiratory and/or Neurologic Diagnoses. Application of advanced critical thinking skills will be a strong focus. Topics approached from a neuroprotective framework will include handling, positioning, oral care, feeding/swallowing and sensory processing. Videos and real-life experience will make this course engaging, interactive and functional.
Baby Beats and Breaths :
Therapeutic Interventions for the Premature Infant with Cardiopulmonary Compromise
LIVE and ON DEMAND ONLINE VERSIONS AVAILABLE
Holly Schifsky, OTR/L, CNT, NTMTC, CBIS
Learn advanced critical reasoning skills and movement analysis skills (via lab time and video presentations) to assess breathing patterns, facilitation techniques to support trunk development, positioning strategies to support chest wall development, and feeding techniques to maximize postural control
Babies’ Bodies and Brains: Multi-System Assessment and Treatment of the Premature/Medically Complex Infant for the Rehabilitation Professional
Holly Schifsky, OTR/L, CNT, NTMTC, CBIS
Building on “Baby Beats and Breaths”, advance your knowledge further to learn a systems-based approach to assessing and treating the premature/medically complex infant in the NICU/PICU setting to advance motor and feeding skills.
Breathe, Baby Breathe: Developmental Interventions for Infants with Tracheostomy Tubes
Holly Schifsky, OTR/L, CNT, NTMTC, CBIS
Advance your assessment, treatment, and outcomes for infants requiring a tracheostomy tube and/or ventilator.
NEW! Feeding Tiny Humans: Strategies for “Typical” to Troubled Premature and Medically Complex Babies
Shanna Semmler OTD, OTR/L, CNT, NTMTC
Learn to evaluate infant feeding performance and provide evidence-supported interventions to maximize infants’ outcomes. Diagnostic tools, cervical auscultation, modified barium swallow studies, the International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative, oral motor assessment and interventions to support infant feeding in the NICU will be discussed including how to support team members in providing best practice care.
Assessment and Treatment of Complex Feeding Disorders: Assessing and Treating The Whole Child Mary Tarbell-Bickley, CCC-SLP, M.Ed
A holistic treatment approach for challenging feeding disorders that are characteristically seen with tube dependency, oral inexperience, severe oral hypersensitivity, rigid eating patterns, and difficulty transitioning to table foods
When Children Won’t Eat: Picky Eaters vs. Problem Feeders. Assessment and Treatment Using the SOS Approach to Feeding
Kay Toomey, Psychologist, PhD and Susan Kniffen, OTR/L, MS and Deborah Lagerborg, CCC-SLP
Learn to recognize the major causes resulting in children’s feeding issues, and create and implement a comprehensive treatment plan to help young children who struggle during mealtime.
What Are Pediatric Feeding Courses for Therapists?
During infancy, everything a child experiences is a new and exciting event. Feeding is one of the most complex events every child will learn. From the very first swallow, their cranial nerves and muscles will start learning how to function as a unit, pushing nutrients through the body and to their necessary destinations. With so many moving parts, a pediatric feeding disorder can happen to any child. All it takes is one element in misalignment to pose challenges in eating and drinking.
Feeding difficulties must be addressed immediately to facilitate normal development during the expedited growth patterns of childhood. ERI’s feeding courses for therapists demonstrate a variety of scientifically proven practices that allow medical professionals to evaluate and diagnose signs of a pediatric feeding disorder.
Improve Your Patients’ Eating Experiences With Pediatric Feeding CEUs
Our continuing education courses can help you gain the knowledge and credentials to improve patient care. We pack each course with practical solutions and hands-on learning opportunities for participants to create accurate and effective solutions for even the most complex cases. Some additional benefits of our pediatric feeding CEUs are:
- Maintaining your certification and license: As the medical field evolves and implements new standards of care, educational updates are more than a necessity. Many boards require feeding therapy teams to complete continuing education courses to renew their certification or license. Our CEUs offer a convenient online platform you can use on your own time around your busy schedule of delivering exceptional patient care.
- Staying updated on the latest knowledge: Our CEU courses feature the latest information in pediatric feeding research, technology and practices so you can stay up-to-date on how to provide the best possible patient care. Whether you are looking to learn new skills or refine an existing skillset, our courses will give you the knowledge you use current best practices.
- Receiving a specialization certification: Many specialty certifications require participants to complete CEU courses. We offer courses that cover various topics, allowing you to learn more about your field and area of specialization within the same online platform.
The ERI Advantage
The medical field is a fast-changing and ever-evolving field, and when it comes to pediatrics, everything moves at hyper-speed. That’s why CEUs are vital to therapists and the well-being of their patients. It’s this need that drove ERI’s founders to join together and start sharing their findings and, eventually, create their own learning plans — developed by therapists, for therapists.
ERI’s sole purpose is to bring you educational resources that can take you from classroom to clinic as quickly as possible. Still, the ERI team ensures you receive a comprehensive overview of what you can expect as you continue forward with your feeding therapist certification. With more than 300 CEU options designed to make you a more effective therapist, you’ll be on your way to better patient care and new heights in your career as soon as you get started.
Register for One of Our Courses Today
Whether you are working in a hospital, NICU or have a private practice, ERI offers a wide variety of pediatric feeding CEUs to fit your needs. Our courses are engaging and allow clinicians to connect with pediatric feeding specialists. Throughout our courses, you will also receive many informative guides and other educational resources you will reference again and again in your daily practice. To learn more or register for a course, please contact us today!
Please join our “mailing list” to learn about new topics, new speakers, and newly added webinar dates