This course focuses on clinical re-evaluation and decision-making when progress in feeding therapy plateaus or regresses. Participants will explore how medical status, oral-motor skills, sensory processing, regulation, caregiver dynamics, and environmental factors may contribute to stalled progress in pediatric feeding intervention. Emphasis is placed on reassessing the “whole child” rather than increasing treatment intensity or adding isolated techniques.
Participants will examine indicators that signal the need to pause, modify, or redirect intervention, as well as when referral or interdisciplinary collaboration is warranted. It will also discuss the mental load of the parent and family when a child is having difficulty eating. This course is designed for feeding therapists seeking to strengthen assessment-driven practice and implement thoughtful, ethical approaches when feeding therapy outcomes do not progress as expected.

Participants will be able to: 

• Identify at least five factors that may contribute to stalled or regressing progress in pediatric feeding therapy, including medical, oral-motor, sensory, regulatory, environmental, and caregiver-related influences.
• Differentiate when feeding intervention should be continued, modified, paused, or referred for interdisciplinary collaboration based on clinical presentation and reassessment findings.
• Apply a whole-child, assessment-driven framework to analyze feeding therapy plateaus while considering caregiver stress, family dynamics, and ethical clinical decision-making.

Instructor Details and Financial Disclosure 

• April Anderson, MA, CCC-SLP, IBCLC & Laura Austin, PhD

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

• 5 min: Introduction & Course Overview
• 30 min: Clinical re-evaluation of Medical /Oral-Motor Skills, Sensory Processing & Regulation
• 30 min: Caregiver Dynamics & Family Mental Load
• 25 min: Clinical Decision-Making When Progress Stalls
• 15 min: Interdisciplinary Collaboration & Referral Considerations
• 15 min: Key Takeaways & Q&A
  TOTAL: 120 minutes 

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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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