Infant Feeding: Beyond Just the Swallow ecourse

Course overview

Pediatric Feeding Disorder (PFD) is a new diagnosis that not only encompasses dysphagia, but also dysfunction in medical, nutritional, psychological, and/or feeding skills domains. Feeding therapy providers are seeing a rise in this population. Outcomes are more successful with the right skills to assess and treat infants with feeding challenges. This course will discuss the comorbidities of PFD, caloric fortification, observations of distress, positioning, and the four domains associated with this diagnosis (nutritional, psychological, medical, and feeding). The instructor will focus on infant feeding safety, effectiveness, and efficiency as well. Participants will gain an understanding of the implications of breast/chest-feeding with PFD in infants. The course material will include assessments and referral processes for PFD. The course will round out with a case study to help bring it all together.