Transitioning to Oral Eating

Transitioning to Oral Eating

Evidence-Based Strategies to Help Tube-Fed Kids Succeed.

Join us for this informative and impactful webinar where you’ll learn evidence-based principles that many dietitians and feeding therapists leave out when helping pediatric enteral patients transition to oral eating. We’ll review the foundations of moving from tube dependency to eating by mouth, offer strategies that get results, review the medical literature that supports these strategies, and help you help kids develop a healthy and lasting relationship with food.

Continuing Education Credit Available for:

Speech Language Pathologists

Occupational Therapists

Registered Dietitians

Certified Case Managers

Learning Objectives

  • Discover new ways to encourage parent participation in the treatment plans of children with feeding tubes and feeding challenges

  • Gain a better understanding of the relationship between responsive feeding approaches and health in pediatric populations

  • Identify best practices and principles for helping pediatric enteral patients learn to eat

  • Recognize common errors made in treating pediatric enteral patients that can have a negative impact on their ability to become future oral eaters and how to avoid them

Time Ordered Agenda

01-10: Introduction to guest and topic
10-20: Responsive feeding principles
20-30: Quality mealtimes vs. over-focus on quantity and measurement
30-40: Roles and responsibilities of feeding team (parents included)
40-50: Importance of exposure in future acceptance of food orally
50-60: Question and Answer

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This program has been pre-approved by The Commission for Case Manager Certification to provide continuing education credit to CCM® board-certified case managers.

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Speakers

Jennifer Berry, MS,OT/L

Occupational Therapist and Owner at Thrive by Spectrum Pediatrics. She uses proven, family-centered, responsive feeding strategies to helps kids thrive.
Financial Disclosure: Jennifer Berry is owner of Thrive by Spectrum Pediatrics and is a speaker for Real Food Blends.
Non-Financial Disclosure: Jennifer Berry has no relevant non-financial relationships to report.

Heidi Moreland, CCC-SLP

Senior SLP at Thrive by Spectrum Pediatrics. She uses proven, family-centered, responsive feeding strategies to helps kids thrive.
Financial Disclosure: Heidi Moreland works for Thrive by Spectrum Pediatrics and is a speaker for Real Food Blends.
Non-Financial Disclosure: Heidi Moreland has no relevant non-financial relationships to report.