Book
1)Feeding and Nutrition for the Child with Special Needs
Written by Marsha Dunn Klein,M.Ed.,OTR/L,and Tracy A. Delaney,Ph.D,RD
Breast and bottle feeding,introducing foods from a spoon,independent feeding,cup and straw drinking,oral-motor treatment strategies,nutrition treatment strategies,conditions affecting feeding and nutrition,tube feedings,and family mealtime interactions and communications.
Book
2)Pre-Feeding Skills,2nd Edition
A Comprehensive Resource for Mealtime Development
Written by Suzanne Evans Morris,Ph.D,CCC-SLP and Marsha Dunn Klein,M.Ed.,OTR/L
Contents:foundations for mealtime,mealtime influences,mealtime roles,anatomy and physiology of eating,normal development of feeding skills,factors that limit feeding skills,factors that limit feeding skill development,factors that limit oral-motor skills,supportive diagnostic -*test*-('")s,mealtime assessment,creating the mealtime plan,the sensory challenges of mealtime,positioning and handling influences on the mealtime,specifics of oral-motor treatment,issues of self feeding,feeding and speech,the child who is premature,the child who has gastroin-*test*-('")inal discomfort,the child who is tube fed,the child who refuses to eat enough,the child who has cleft lip or palate,the child who has visual impairment,the child who has autism and much more.
Book
3)Just Take a Bite
Written by Lori Ernsperger PhD and Tania Stegen-Hanson,OTR/L
Written for parents and professionals working with children with food aversions and eating challenges.Oral motor development,environmental and behavioral factors contributing to problems with eating,Sensory-based and motor-based problems affecting the resistant eater;motor-based eating problems vs. sensory-based eating problems;stages of sensory development for eating,gastroin-*test*-('")inal,physical,and oral motor development and much more.
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4)The Manual of Pediatric Feeding Practice
Written by Arlene McCurtin,Speech-Language Pathologist
General assessment,General treatment,aspiration,the cheeks,chewing,cleft lip & palate,cup drinking,food consistency,gagging and choking,the jaw,the lips,orofacial sensation and tone,positioning,reflux,respiration,saliva control,spoon feeding,the suck,the swallow,the tongue,tracheostomy,from tube to oral feeding,videofluoroscopy and much more.