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Subj: [AutismNews] feeding conference in lake county in April

 

Seminars in Oral-Motor Therapy Grayslake, IL - April 3-4
Grayslake, IL
Feeding Workshop
Lori Overland, MS, CCC-SLP
April 3 & 4, 2009
Host: Pediatric Interactions
www.pediatricinteractions.com
Venue: State Bank of the Lakes- Grayslake
50 Commerce Drive, Grayslake, IL 60030

Call (866)368-1449 or info@talktools.net
for further details

Frustrated with clients who don’t have intact sensory systems? Lori will
show you a step-by-step approach to teach your most challenging clients
tolerance of touch, enabling them to learn to eat and develop appropriate
oral-motor movements. Day 1 focuses on promoting acceptance of touch for
therapeutic feeding and oral stimulation and movement. Her techniques
incorporate a variety of temperatures, textures and tastes. Day 2 features
hands-on learning of techniques for spoon feeding, straw drinking and
chewing solid foods. Leave this workshop with therapeutic feeding techniques
you can use with confidence the next day.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Identify and define the developmental • acquisition of feeding skills.
Identify individual oral-phase feeding • deficiencies.
List at least four goals of an SLP-admin• istered oral-motor feeding
program.
Explain the benefits of improved oral • movement in cases of oral-phase
feeding deficiencies.

Day 1 8:30am-12:30pm
1. Introduction and Course Overview
2. Conceptual Overview of Therapeutic Feeding
A. Defining Populations
B. Medical Concerns
C. Nutritional Concerns
D. Oral-Motor Concerns
3. Development of Feeding Skills Birth
- 36 months
4. Sensory Integration in the Mouth
1:30pm-4:00pm
5. Sensory Practicum
6. Assessment
7. Demonstration of Feeding Assessment
or Taped Assessments
Day 2 8:30am-12:30pm
1. Pre-Feeding Considerations/ Preparing
the Oral Mechanism
2. Planning a Program
3. Demonstration of SLP-Appropriate
Feeding Techniques
1:30pm-4:00pm
4. Discussion of Practical Applications of
Techniques for SLPs
A. Infant Feeding Techniques
B. Introduction to Spoon Feeding
C. Solid Foods
D. Cup Drinking
E. Straw Drinking
5. Discussion/Questions