Developing Oral Sensory Motor Skills to Support Feeding in the Down Syndrome Population - Timed Agenda
8:30am - 12:00pm
- Introduction and Course Overview (8:30 - 9:00)
- Factors which Potentially Impact Oral Sensory Motor/Feeding Development (9:00 - 10:15)
- Health Issues
- Postural Issues
- Structural Issues
- Sensory Issues
- Delays/ Differences in Oral Sensory Motor Skill Development
- Therapeutic Intervention as Prevention (10:30 - 11:00)
- Medical Concerns: Are they being adequately addressed?
- Staying One Step Ahead
- Oral Placement/Speech-Is there a correlation between feeding and speech?
- LIVE Assessment (11:00 - 12:00)
- Nutrition/Sensory Diet
- Motor Development and Positioning
12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch
1:00pm - 4:00pm
- Pre-Feeding Exercises-Assessment and Treatment (1:00 - 2:15)
Break (2:15 - 2:30)
- Feeding Techniques (2:30 - 3:30)
- Infant Feeding Techniques
- Spoon Feeding
- Solid Foods
- Cup/Straw
- Facilitated vs Self Feeding
- A Sensory Motor Approach to Developing Healthy Diets
- Discussion/Questions (3:30 - 4:00)