This course aims to provide Speech Pathologists and Occupational Therapists with the ability to successfully create an Infant Feeding Program in their own community. This course will cover goals and clientele, space/equipment needs, advertisement, implementation, recognizing and treating dysfunction, when to refer, discharging, and transitioning to home health/outpatient services.
MEET OUR PRESENTER:
Katy works full time in a children's hospital, where she works in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, nursery, pediatric inpatient floor, and in outpatient infant and toddler feeding. She also works as an independent contractor where she provides home health and clinic services for infant feeding. She has recently worked to create an Infant Feeding Program that serves infants under 6 months of age who are at risk of being hospitalized for poor weight gain, by evaluating and treating them within one week of receiving a referral. Katy works with healthy newborns, preterm infants, and medically-complex infants.
TIME ORDERED AGENDA & LEARNING OBJECTIVES
0-5 minutes: Introduction
6-20 minutes: Goals of Infant Feeding Program, Purpose for Creation, Clientele
21-40 minutes: Setting Up Your Infant Feeding Program: space, equipment, scheduling
41-60 minutes: Setting Up Your Infant Feeding Program: Advertisement
61-70 minutes: Implementation of Your Infant Feeding Program: Further Logistics
71-90 minutes: Recognizing dysfunction, dysphagia, and signs and symptoms of aspiration
91-115 minutes: When to refer, when to manage closely, and when to send to ED. Two Case scenarios.
116-120 minutes: Discharge vs transitioning to home health, outpatient, etc.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
After completion of course participants will be able to:
- Differentiate between two case studies of which patient would benefit from an ASAP Infant Feeding Program evaluation, and which one would be appropriate for a more traditional outpatient feeding therapy referral.
- Construct a list of at least three items/equipment that are needed to have a successful Infant Feeding program.
- Generate at least three markers of dysphagia in an infant.
- Develop a protocol of when to refer to other specialties, when to monitor, and when to send to ED for workup.
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Presenter Information and Disclosures:
This course is offered for 0.2 ASHA CEUs (Advanced Level, Professional Area).
AOTA CEUs are available for 2 contact hours in Service Delivery & Professional Issues.
Please note if any accommodations are needed to access the learning experience or resource materials, please email [email protected]
