TalkTools® Instructors, Vanessa Anderson-Smith, Monica Purdy, and Rehab Zaytoun, have teamed together to create a comprehensive, "user-friendly," highly applicable course for speech and feeding professionals. This course will take a deep dive into the "foundations" of the feeding process, integrating a client-centered, family-focused therapy approach to feeding roadblocks therapists see every day across all age groups. The course will employ the TalkTools® Kaleidoscope Feeding Model™ -- which draws upon an evolving, multi-disciplinary perspective to allow flexible, customizable therapy approaches for building feeding evaluations and program plans.

Participants will experience hands-on, interactive learning with applicable techniques, case studies, and key strategies incorporated throughout the course. Instruction will include: what to look for when initially assessing a client, identifying relevant anatomy and structure (including a review of the self-study module–see below), the impacts of these systems on eating and drinking, as well as outlining feeding milestones and what to observe when these milestones are not reached. Participants will look across the pediatric feeding experience, assessing infant feeding and the critical transition from breast/bottle to the table -- and applying evidence-informed, therapy-based strategies and solutions for overcoming feeding roadblocks therapists often see.

1. Identify 3 structures/systems that impact feeding
2. Outline a course of action for the transitional from breast/bottle feeding to the table
3. Determine 4 potential feeding roadblocks
4. Evaluate picky eating vs. problem eating
5. Develop Client-Centered, Family-Focused Feeding Plan

• Monica Purdy, MA, CCC-SLP, COM
• Vanessa Anderson-Smith, MA, CCC-SLP, COM®
• Rehab Zaytoun, M.D., BSc, MSc

Registration Options:

• Online ONLY for 1 learner: ACCESS TO ONLINE COURSE (12hr CE Course, downloadable handout, forms and charts, certificate of completion)
• Online + Supplies for 1 learner: ACCESS TO ONLINE COURSE (12hr CE Course, downloadable handout, forms and charts, certificate of completion)
  • Horn #1, Straw #4, Straw C, Jaw Grading Bite Blocks Red, Tongue Depressor, Wooden Stir Stick, Sensi Coral Tip, 5 Toothies, Magenta Smooth Spoon, Cut-Out Cup.
  • Suggested food supplies to enhance your learning (not included): small cup of water, 4 starburst, 1 bag of pretzels, pureed fruit pouch
• Group Rate - 5 Users: 

  • ACCESS TO ONLINE COURSE for 5 learners

  • 5 sets of SUPPLIES (listed above)

Schedule

• Timed Agenda

LEARNER SUPPORT AND FAQs

HOW TO VIEW AND ACCESS YOUR COURSE + DEADLINES

Content Disclosure: This presentation will focus on treatment methods related to the use of TalkTools® resources. Other similar treatment approaches will receive limited or no coverage during this lecture.

TalkTools® is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course approval ID# 4765. This Distance Learning-Independent is offered at 1.2 CEUs, Intermediate level, OT Service Delivery. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.

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