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Course Description | The ability to create appropriate oral movement patterns for optimal feeding is interconnected to the rhythmic patterns of the body systems. Recognizing important body rhythms, impact of oral phase feeding skills on these systems, and the importance of utilizing strategies that activate muscle movements that support optimal feeds will be discussed. Infant and toddler feeding skills can be facilitated by a gradual transition from passive input to activation and maintenance of expected muscle work that results in synchronization of breathing, heart rate, sucking, swallowing, and more.
Learning Outcomes | Participants will be able to:
- Define the role of synchronized body systems on feeding outcomes
- Describe the difference between passive and active oral motor/sensory intervention strategies
- Show feeding progress through activation of oral movement patterns
Self-Study Details | Instructor Details and Financial Disclosure
Registration
- Online ONLY for 1 learner -- Access to Online Course for 365 Days/1 Year (1.15-hour CE course, downloadable handout, certificate of completion)
Timed Agenda
- 10 Minutes: Overview of Normal Body Rhythms and Impact on Feeding Function
- 20 Minutes: Oral Motor and Oral Sensory Influence on Rhythms
- 20 Minutes: Activating Oral Motor Patterns for Successful Feeding
- 10 Minutes: Q&A
Total: 60 minutes
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Satisfactory Completion:
To receive a Certificate of Completion learners must: attend the entirety of the course; complete the course quiz with a passing score of 80% accuracy or higher and complete the course completion survey. Learners must request to be reported to ASHA CE.
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