November 6 and 7, 2008 in Mattoon, Illinois

The Therapy Toolbox Series 

Practical Techniques to Treat Infants and Children with Complex Feeding Disorders

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Presented by: Cheri Fraker, CCC/SLP, CLC, Laura Walbert, CCC/SLP, CLC, Koke Mill Medical Center, Springfield, Illinois, Sibyl Cox, RD, LD, CLC, SIU School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, Stacey Vitale, CCC/SLP, Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, Mattoon, Illinois and Alicia Hart, ANEW Way Images/TAP Program.

Special Guest Speaker: Mark Fishbein, MD, pediatric gastroenterologist, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois.   

Articles on Pre-Chaining and Food Chaining have been published internationally and presented as effective therapy techniques at The World Congress of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The North American Society for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The American Speech Language and Hearing Convention, The UCLA/MCH Nutrition Leadership Conference and The American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine. 

COURSE DESCRIPTION:  This therapy packed two-day presentation will focus on building a comprehensive treatment programs for children with complex feeding and swallowing difficulties.  Since there is no cookbook approach to these problems, a plethora of intervention tools will be discussed with a focus on practical application in the clinical, school and home settings.   

LEARNER OUTCOMES

Recognize factors in the medical history that impact feeding and develop a greater understanding of nutritional status, swallow function and readiness for intervention. 

Demonstrate knowledge of the complexity of pediatric feeding disorders and the need for multidisciplinary assessment and development customized, individualized treatment techniques infants and children. 

Develop complex, multidisciplinary treatment programs for infants and children with prematurity, complex medical history, feeding aversion, food allergies, behavioral and/or sensory-based feeding disorders. 

Demonstrate understanding of the techniques of Pre-Chaining and treatment of the medically fragile child and/or the non-oral feeder. 

Demonstrate understanding of the techniques of therapeutic utensils, feeding products, sensory and behavioral intervention strategies and the use of Fraker, Walbert and Cox’s Food Chaining© techniques.   

Early Intervention credits have been applied for.   

Cheri Fraker, CCC/SLP, CLC and Laura Walbert, CCC/SLP, CLC are ASHA certified pediatric speech pathologist and certified lactation consultants.  They provide therapy services at Koke Mill Medical Center-The Center for Neuromuscular Services and they are the clinic feeding specialists at The Center for Selective Eating and Pediatric Feeding Disorders, the multi-disciplinary feeding team clinic at Koke Mill Medical Center.   

Cheri and Laura’s work in feeding is recognized internationally.  They are graduates of Eastern Illinois University and together have over 30 years of experience.  Cheri and Laura specialize in evaluation and treatment of infants and children with feeding disorders and dysphagia.  Cheri developed the techniques of Pre-Chaining and Food Chaining© to treat children who are high risk for developing or who have been diagnosed with feeding disorders, problem and picky eating.  She has presented on pediatric feeding disorders at The 2004 World Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Conference, The National Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Conference, the 58^th and 59^th American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine and The UCLA/UMH Nutrition Leadership Conference.  Cheri and Laura have presented at the South Carolina and Illinois Speech Language and Hearing Association and together have presented numerous conferences for therapists throughout the US and Canada.  Cheri and Laura co-authored articles in Nutrition in Clinical Practice and international medical periodicals, The Nest, Nutrition and the MD. Articles about Food Chaining have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Tribune and Fox News Live Morning Show in Chicago.   Cheri and Laura are co-authors of the books Evaluation and Treatment of Pediatric Feeding Disorders: From NICU to Childhood and Food Chaining: The Sensible Six Step Solution to Solve Feeding Problems, Stop Picky Eating and Expand Your Child’s Diet.  

Sibyl Cox is a pediatric dietitian and certified lactation consultant at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.  She has worked with children in critical care, neonatal and outpatient and has been part of a multi-disciplinary feeding team for 6 years.  Ms. Cox has spoken nationally and internationally on the issue of feeding problems in children and collaborated with Cheri Fraker and Laura Walbert to develop the technique of Food Chaining to help children with feeding disorders.  Sibyl is the co-author of the book  Food Chaining: The Sensible Six Step Solution to Solve Feeding Problems, Stop Picky Eating and Expand Your Child’s Diet.   

Stacey A. Vitale, M.S., CCC-SLP is a graduate from Indiana State University where she received both her undergraduate and graduate degree.  She is currently the lead therapist at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Systems in Mattoon, IL.  She has been treating the pediatric population for 7 years with a large focus on children with feeding difficulties (ages birth-school age).  She has presented to students and faculty at Eastern Illinois University on pediatric swallowing and at the local autism support group on feeding strategies for children with autism. Stacey is an Early Intervention evaluator and provider, member of ISHA and ECISHA.   

Alicia J. Hart, B.A, is a graduate of Eastern Illinois University and is currently a Master’s Candidate in Child Development and Family Services at Eastern Illinois University.  Her thesis work revolves around quality of life issues for children with an eosinophilic disorder and caregiver stress.  Alicia is currently the Family and Community Resource Coordinator at The Autism Program at CTF in Charleston, Illinois and webmaster of www.theautismlife.com.  She is the coordinator of the East Central Illinois Autism Support Group and volunteers her time regularly to those families and children needing Augmentative and Alternative Communication help or feeding difficulties.  She has presented programs to the community on Neurobiological Advances in Autism Research, The Child with Autism in the Medical Environment, Co-Morbidity and the Child with Autism, and Bridging the Gap:  Therapy at Home and in the Clinic.  Alicia also does trainings through The Autism Program at CTF regarding Early Intervention and Autism, Early Warning Signs of Autism, Emergency Responders and Autism, Child Care Providers and Autism, New Diagnosis Orientations for families, as well as working with young children in Social Skills groups.  Alicia is a member of the American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders, Kids with Food Allergies, and the Child Life Council. 

Special Guest, Dr. Mark Fishbein, is a board certified pediatric gastroenterologist.  He is an attending physician at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago and associate professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.  Dr. Fishbein also sees patients through Children’s Memorial at Central Dupage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois.  His special interests include feeding aversion, extreme food selectivity, and food chaining.  He is the co-author of the book  Food Chaining: The Sensible Six Step Solution to Solve Feeding Problems, Stop Picky Eating and Expand Your Child’s Diet. 

Note: Topic times may be altered to meet participants' needs and workshop "flow," however overall contact hours will remain unchanged.   
 

Day 1 

8:30 Registration  

9:00 Greetings and Announcements  

9:10-10:00 Current Research-Best Practices in Pediatric Feeding Therapy, Taking a Good Medical Developmental and Feeding History-The Infant Feeding Evaluation, Nutrition Assessment  

10:00-10:45 The Infant Swallowing Evaluation, Cervical Auscultation of the Swallow, Product Guide, Impact of Positioning and External Pacing of the Feeding  

10:45-11:00 Break 

11:00-12:00 Videoropharyngeal Swallow Studies, Aspiration: How Much is Too Much? Tips for Successful Videoropharyngeal Swallow Study for the Infant and Child, Treatment of Laryngeal penetration/Aspiration  

12:00-1:15 Lunch On Your Own 

1:15-2:30 Treatment of the Infant, Nipple/Pacifier Recommendations, Feeding Schedule Recommendations, Thickened Feedings: The Benefits and Pitfalls, Oral Sensory Motor Therapy for Infants, Functional Ways to Work on Lip Seal, Tongue Grooving, Bolus Control, Cheek Activation and Jaw Stability, Coordination of the Suck/Swallow/Breathe Sequence  

2:30-3:15 Older Infants, Readiness for Transitional Stages, Impact of Growth and Changes in the Oral Cavity, Coordinated and Safe Steps from Bottle to Cup, Spoon to Solids, Developing a Positive Feeder Child Relationship, Product Guide/Feeding Equipment

3:15-3:30 Break 

3:30-4:15 PreChaining programs for The First Year of Life  

4:15-5:00 When and How to use Calorically Dense Feedings, Non-Oral Feeders, When is a Feeding Tube Needed? Correct use of a Feeding Tube to Support Oral Feeding, Team Care-Transitioning to Oral Feeds

Day 2

 

8:45 Announcements

9:00-10:00 Tools to Evaluate the Child: Interpretation of the Case History Triage and Prioritizing Needs, Team Care, Recognizing Urgent Needs, Problem Solving, Assessment for the Children with Feeding Aversion, Where to Start Treatment  

10:00-10:45 Observation and interpretation of feeding sessions, Tools to Understand Feeding Aversion, Treatment: Tools to Use With the Child -Shaping Internal Motivation to Eat, Assessing Intake Patterns of Food and Liquids  

10:45-11:00 Break 

11:00-12:00 Guide to Utensils, Cups and Spoons, Food Presentation, Language of Feeding Therapy, How to Make Oral Motor Functional and Fun, Matching Oral Sensory Motor Feeding Skills to the Current Diet, Tools to Teach a Child About Food  

12:00-1:15 Lunch on Your Own 

1:15-2:15 When Eating Hurts: GI Disorders, The Signs of a Food Allergy and Eosinophilic Disorders, Allergy or Aversion? Management of Food Allergies  

2:15-2:45 Continued session 

2:45-3:15 The Dr. is In: Q and A with Dr. Mark Fishbein 

3:15-3:30 Break 

3:30-4:15 Using Food Chaining in Treatment, Setting up Successful Mealtimes for Children with Severe Feeding Aversion, Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Down Syndrome  

4:15-5:00 Case Studies, Incorporating Therapy Into Activities of Daily Living, Home Care Programs, Tying It All Together, Referrals: Who, How and When?  

 

Registration:

$225.00 (seating is limited to 80 participants)

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Send check to ANEW Way Images postmarked by October 20^th, 2008.  For those paying by check please call 217-258-2475 to confirm your registration.  Feel free to leave a message at this number.  State your name as written on the check and phone number. If you have any questions about registration please call Alicia at 217-218-0716 or email at alicia.hart@mchsi.com 

Refunds in the amount of 90% of the course cost will be issued with a written request only.  Refund requests must be made 5 days in advance of the course start date.  No exceptions.   

If traveling on I-57, take exit 190 Mattoon for the hotel and exit 190 Charleston for the Lumpkin Center / Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center.  Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center is located on Route 16 between Mattoon and Charleston, Illinois at 1000 Health Center Drive, Mattoon, Illinois.  Parking is available behind the hospital, with signs for the Lumpkin Education Center. 

Recommended Hotel:  Holiday Inn Express, Mattoon, Illinois.  Participants may receive a discounted room rate under the name of ANEW Pediatric Feeding Conference.  Rates are $89.00 per night for standard room and $99.00 per night for suites.  A continental breakfast is also served at this hotel.