Instructor:
Megan Carpenter, OTD, OTR/L, SCFES

Speaker Discloure: Dr. K. Megan Carpenter has the following relevant financial relationships to disclose: Brooks Rehabilitation; Honorarium, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Salary, and Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind; Individual Contractor. Dr. K Megan Carpenter does not have any non-financial relationships to disclose.

*Please note: This course is only open for Brooks Rehabilitation employees.

Course Description:
Pediatric feeding delays and disorders are frequently present in both typically and atypically developing children. Feeding delays and disorders are often challenging to both parents and practitioners and treatment can last months or even years. In this course on pediatric feeding, practitioners will learn about early identification of feeding delays and disorders, how to view feeding treatments as a holistic and multicomponent approach, how to conduct an in-depth evaluation, and general strategies from multiple approaches/skill sets to implement in treatment sessions.

Course Objectives:
Professionals: At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
– Identify and describe typical feeding, oral motor, psychosocial and cognitive development in children birth to 5 years of age
– Compare and contrast typical with atypical feeding development in feeding, oral motor, psychosocial and cognitive areas in children birth to 5 years of age
– Identify and describe multidisciplinary and multicomponent pieces that support feeding treatment in children birth to 5 years of age
– Apply multiple components of an extensive feeding evaluation for children birth to 5 years of age
– Apply multiple components of feeding intervention/treatment plans to create an extensive feeding treatment plan for a child aged birth to 5 years old
– Recognize red flags and additional resources for severe cases of feeding delays and disorders in children birth to 5

Paraprofessionals: At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
– Identify and describe typical feeding, oral motor, psychosocial and cognitive development in children birth to 5 years of age
– Compare and contrast typical with atypical feeding development in feeding, oral motor, psychosocial and cognitive areas in children birth to 5 years of age
– Identify and describe multidisciplinary and multicomponent pieces that support feeding treatment in children birth to 5 years of age
– Identify and describe multiple components of an extensive feeding evaluation for children birth to 5 years of age
– Apply multiple components of feeding intervention/treatment plans that make an extensive feeding treatment plan for a child aged birth to 5 years old
– Recognize red flags and additional resources for severe cases of feeding delays and disorders in children birth to 5

Intended Audience:
The information presented in this course is clinically relevant for, Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapist Assistants, Speech Language Pathologists, Speech Language Pathologist Assistants, Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners, Licensed Practical Nurses, Registered Nurses and Social Workers.

Disclaimer: Registrations from individuals with clinical designations not listed in the intended audience for this course may be subject to removal from the course roster without a full refund. See Brooks IHL Course Policies and Procedures for details at Brooksihl.org. If you are unsure or have questions related to the intended audience, please email CEU@BrooksIHL.org and we will be happy to help clarify!

Contact Hours:
This course has been approved for 15 hours by the following boards:
– Florida Physical Therapy Association
– Florida Board of Occupational Therapy

This course has been approved for 12.5 hours by the following boards:
– Florida Board of Speech Language Pathology
– Florida Board of Nursing
– Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling

Continuing Education credit for each participant who meets the satisfactory course completion requirements (licensed in FL) will be automatically uploaded to CE Broker, which means the Florida Boards will have record of your attendance, even if you do not have your own personal CE Broker account. Course certificates will be provided at the completion of the course for those that meet the course completion requirements. Certificates will be mailed for courses that include a post-course test.

Satisfactory Course Completion:
Full course attendance (including signing the attendance sheet each day), performance demonstrations and question and answer session.

Course Evaluation/Survey:
Within 48 hours of course completion, you will receive a post course survey. The IHL values your feedback and we thank you in advance for taking the survey.