Pediatric Feeding Disorders provides a foundational knowledge base of typical feeding and swallowing development from the perspectives of members of a multidisciplinary team and from clinicians with specific expertise in the field. It furnishes knowledge of atypical feeding and swallowing patterns and related issues, such as medical comorbidities and appropriate nutritional support. It provides comprehensive information on assessing infants and children with feeding and swallowing disorders including sample reproducible evaluation forms. This manual facilitates treatment of these disorders by providing practical, hands-on information necessary for intervention. It also presents information about the advanced practice of working within the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Information found in this manual can be used to create educational handouts to facilitate family and caregiver involvement. Physicians, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, nurses, dieticians, and early intervention specialists will all benefit from the information presented in Pediatric Feeding Disorders.

Pediatric Feeding Disorders:

• 13 chapters, 375 pages
• Contributions from a diverse group of professionals including SLPs, OTs, PTs, clinical psychologists, medical directors, nutritionists, professors, nurses
• Reproducible evaluation forms
• Case studies
• Practical, hands-on information for intervention