Angela Mansolillo & Dr. Kay Toomey – Picky Eaters vs Problem Feeders & Best Practices in Dysphagia Management

Most of these “feeding” disorders are actually linked to respiratory, gastrointestinal, behavioral, and nutritional conditions, which aren’t commonly considered, putting you at a disadvantage from day one of treatment, and extending pain for your client.

Angela Mansolillo & Dr. Kay Toomey – Picky Eaters vs Problem Feeders & Best Practices in Dysphagia Management

Picky eaters. Problem feeders. Dysphagia. ARFID.

Feeding disorders are similar, which makes treating them difficult, especially when they’re isolated from other factors inside and outside the body… but a misdiagnosis can lead to wasted time and unnecessary discomfort for your young clients, not to mention further dangers to their health.

Most of these “feeding” disorders are actually linked to respiratory, gastrointestinal, behavioral, and nutritional conditions, which aren’t commonly considered, putting you at a disadvantage from day one of treatment, and extending pain for your client.

That’s where this online course puts you at an advantage!

Picky Eaters vs Problem Feeders & Best Practices in Dysphagia Management is a multi-system approach to feeding and swallowing disorders that prepares you to accurately identify, assess, and treat feeding disorders while considering aspiration, airway considerations, reflux, the GI tract and respiratory systems, sensory issues and dozens of other contributing factors.

You’ll get access to self-paced modules that prepare you to treat the whole child from beginning to end, changing the battlefield back to the family dinner table. You’ll walk away with dozens of strategies to intervene that use the interrelationships between multiple systems – such as respiratory, oral-motor, gastrointestinal – and contributing factors to the child’s diagnosis, like environmental, sensory, behavioral, and many others.

Plus, when you enroll you will get a FREE bonus training on managing complex swallowing and feeding disorders in children so they begin eating with ease.

Give your clients peace of mind and earn up to 18 CE hours, when you get started today…

Picky Eaters vs Problem Feeders vs Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)

Module 1

It’s common for therapists to misdiagnose common feeding disorders because they’re so similar, which means assessments are key to distinguishing between and properly treating each condition in your clients. In this module, you’ll dive into how common each condition is based on data, and difficulties that contribute to feeding issues.

Key topics covered in this module include:

• Organ system issues that affect feeding, such as breathing and postural stability, which need your attention first.
• Easy modifications to improve muscle tone and posture, which increase the child’s ability to eat successfully.
• The sensory connection to food and why eating is the most difficult sensory task that children do.
• Busting common eating myths that limit progress and critical skills to teach for proper eating.

Module 2

In module two, you’ll learn common factors that affect feeding habits and difficulties, while discovering comprehensive feeding assessment tools and treatment approaches for picky eaters, ARFID cases, and problem feeders.

Dr. Toomey provides essential insight into:

• Key differences between problem feeders and picky eaters.
• Development, environment, and nutrition factors that contribute to feeding disorders, and techniques to decrease them.
• Common signs and concerns with each diagnosis, and how to approach each accordingly for easier treatments.
• How to include family in feeding practices.
• Step-be-step assessments and techniques, and how to apply them in-practice with dozens of case studies.
• Practical feeding strategies that help you make food fun and easy to consume even for your most difficult clients.
• Common red flags you may already be facing and how to approach them in practice.

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Breathing, Digestion and Swallowing: Best Practices in Dysphagia Management

Module 1

Gain an in-depth understanding of the interrelationships between the GI and Respiratory systems, and dive into common conditions associated with these systems in relation to feeding/swallowing disorders.

Key topics covered in this module include:

• Multi-system overview and understanding of the relationship with swallowing/feeding disorders, including assessment techniques.
• Interventions to treat reflux, constipation, and respiratory connections to the GI system.
• An in-depth look at aspiration and the airway from infants to the elderly, including management techniques and working with varying situations, such as tracheostomies and feeding.
• Assessments and interventions for respiratory diseases (including an understanding of each process), such as pneumonia.

Module 2

Dive into dozens of tools that help you properly assess dysphagia and other conditions linked with feeding and swallowing disorders. This module shows you airway management exercises, assessments, and modifications you can use immediately to put your client on a better path to feeding.

Key topics covered in this module include:

• Dozens of techniques, exercises and assessments on aspiration management.
• Reflux assessments and management, including lifestyle changes, medication recommendations and more.
• How to adapt to sensory conditions.
• Approaching liquids and nutrition, including thickened liquids, water protocols, and diet management