Description: Use best-practice to evaluate and treat dysphagia in children with motor-based, experientially-based, and sensory-based disorders. This second edition contains significant updates in the treatment of pediatric dysphagia, with new information on the evaluation and treatment of behavioral feeding disorders and school-based dysphagia services. Updated and expanded evaluation tools and goals help organize your treatment. Whether you are new to the subject area or a veteran, you'll find information you need to practice effectively. Here's a sampling of the content: -anatomy and physiology—nutritive vs. non-nutritive suckling, reflexes and what they mean, normal development of feeding and self-feeding skills, and more -clinical evaluation—differential diagnosis of feeding disorders, completing a case history, example evaluations, and more -instrumentation—administration and analyses of FEES and MBS, radiation safety, monitoring of the infant's/child's response, and more -treatment—treatment of problems associated with abnormal tone, sensation, and motor learning; behavior-based dysphagia; children who are NPO; and more -managing dysphagia in the school setting—establishing a dysphagia team, reimbursement, developing IEPs and individual health services plans, and more -treatment of infants—facilitating infant response, understanding distress signals and state of alertness, breastfeeding, and more

Series: the Source

Author: SWIGERT, Nancy

Publisher: Linguisystems

Grade: Age Birth- 18

Format: SOFTCOVER