Assessing Skill-based Feeding and Swallowing Disorders: Birth to Three
Course: #10448Level: Intermediate 1.5 Hours 4171 Reviews
This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Evaluation of feeding/swallowing in children age 0-3 is discussed, including: careful history-taking to allow comparison to age-typical anatomy, physiology and oral sensorimotor skills; assessment of overall body systems and skills with age-appropriate foods/liquids; and using assessment results to identify compensations and facilitations that support optimal function.
Part 2: Course 10471
On Demand
Course Type: Video
CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.15 Intermediate, Professional; Calif SLPAB/1.5; IACET/0.2; IL EITP/1.5; Kansas LTS-S1370/1.5; SAC/1.5
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Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to explain how to identify the nature of a feeding/swallowing disorder.
- After this course, participants will be able to describe how to use background information in the diagnosis of feeding/swallowing disorder.
- After this course, participants will be able to describe how to assess structure and function as compared to typical development.
- After this course, participants will be able to identify appropriate compensations to try, based on assessment results.
Course created on January 17, 2023
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction |
| 5-10 Minutes | Limitations to clinical assessment |
| 10-15 Minutes | Is there a disorder, and if so what type? |
| 15-25 Minutes | Standardized clinical assessment, screening & parent report tools |
| 25-50 Minutes | Gathering background information and what it means |
| 50-60 Minutes | Evaluating body systems, structure and function |
| 60-85 Minutes | Assessing feeding and swallowing |
| 85-90 Minutes | Summary, Q&A |
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4171 ReviewsPresented By
Nancy B. Swigert
MA CCC-SLP, BCS-S
Nancy B. Swigert, MA, CCC, BCS-S (Life Member), speech-language pathologist, is president of Swigert & Assoc., Inc., her consulting company, through which she continues to teach and write in pediatric and adult dysphagia. She received her master’s degree from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. She was President of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association in 1998. She received the Honors of ASHA in 2015. She chaired the American Board of Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders from 2012-2014. She has numerous clinical publications with ProEd and the 3rd edition of The Source for Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing will be released in 2023.
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