Build confidence
&
walk away with
an actionable
feeding therapy
'road-map'!
Paediatric Feeding Foundations Program - online!
May - August 2024 AEST
(+12 months access)
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Can you relate...?
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You're new to paediatric feeding, there are so many courses out there and you don't know quite where to start...
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Or, you’ve been providing some paediatric feeding therapy, but you’re looking for more clarity and confidence…
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You wish you had a clear step-by-step plan that you could draw on for approaching each of your feeding clients...
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You're short on time and don't have capacity to travel to attend an event or sit in a multi-day workshop (especially in COVID times!)…
What if...
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You felt more confident in the foundations of paediatric feeding and how to apply that learning in practice?
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You were able to fill the gap in your knowledge to work with paediatric feeding clients, rather than referring them all on?
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You could walk away with an actionable ‘road-map’ which helped you to navigate feeding assessment and treatment with each client?
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You felt confident enough to walk back into your practice and begin applying all you’ve learned in feeding therapy?
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You were able to attend online from the comfort of your home or office for just over 2 hours per week, or work at your own pace at time that suited you?
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We’re here for you!
We developed the Paediatric Feeding Foundations Program just for you!
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Watch Carly's video below...
Carly will share how this course is being redeveloped this year and a sneak peek into the new framework to build your feeding therapy skills!
(And see if you can spot the spelling mistake in the framework mock-up! Just to prove this really is the first, imperfect sneak peek! 😉)
In the Paediatric Feeding Foundations Program we'll take you through a feeding therapy pathway, including...
Body Systems
A fresh look at the body systems underpinning and impacting feeding, including gastrointestinal, cardiorespiratory, musculoskeletal, neurological/neurodevelopmental, allergy/immunology and craniofacial systems and conditions.
Developmental Foundations
Every feeding therapist needs to know the developmental foundations of feeding inside and out! We cover oral sensory motor, gross and fine motor, social emotional development related to feeding, and developmental texture progressions.
Paediatric Feeding Disorders
Learn all about this diagnostic term and approach to guide your diagnosis and treatment decisions. We'll also focus on considering different presentations of feeding difficulties, including feed aversions and tube dependency.
Case Histories
We all know completing a case history is important, but do you know which questions you need to include, and why? We'll provide examples, case studies and a template so you can hone your case history skills and identify specific red flags for referral pathways.
Oral Motor Exams
All the ins and outs of an oral motor exam will be broken down into a step-by-step format to assess structure and function. We want you to have clarity! We'll show you what it looks like in practice with photo and video examples, along with templates that you can use in your own work.
Feeding Observations
Understand feeding readiness factors, and get detailed in what you need to assess when observing a mealtime in order to complete a feeding assessment. You'll also get a copy of our comprehensive feeding assessment form that you can use in your own clinical work!
Forming the Picture
We go deeper in how to draw your assessment results into a cohesive 'story' about the child, so you know what path to take next. Learn how to collate, hypothesize, diagnose, and write feeding assessment reports. More templates included so you're not flying blind!
Plan the Path Forward
Learn how to use collaborative care and multidisciplinary teams to plan individualised treatment, make referrals to other health professionals, and set and prioritise family-centred goals. We've listened to what you need, so we're also providing sample goals!
Responsive Feeding Therapy
Every feeding clinician should know about Responsive Feeding Therapy! Increase your understanding of this family-centred and neurodiversity affirming approach and how to apply this therapy model with a range of clients, including steps to consider and practical strategies for your therapy.
Developmental Progressions
A practical look at supporting older babies, toddlers and children through the developmental progression of spoon feeding, cup and straw drinking, self-feeding and texture progression. Applications for neurotypical children as well as children with developmental delays and disabilities.
Oral Sensory Motor Therapies
We unscramble this for you so you understand the evidence-base, and can incorporate oral sensory motor therapies, where appropriate, based on the child's and family's needs and priorities. We'll also share our recommended resources to go deeper in this area!
Dysphagia Management
Learn about prioritising safety, managing swallowing difficulties, and use of thickened fluid in children with dysphagia. We'll also cover when to refer for videofluoroscopy or consider if tube feeding may be required. If swallowing is not part of your scope of practice, we'll help you understand what's involved and when to refer.
PLUS: Networks, Resources, Processes & Support
Confused or unsure about what clinic processes, tools, resources and support you’ll need to set up a feeding therapy clinic? We'll share our recommended resources and what you need to put in place, so you can get going with what you love to do! We have loaded this course with templates and resources!
The details...
- REGISTRATIONS: Open Thurs 14 March until 10pm Tues 30th April AEST . AUD and USD prices.
- EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT: Early-bird discount open for two weeks, ends Thurs 28th March 10pm AEDT 2024 Australian time.
- TEAM & STUDENT DISCOUNTS: Please contact us before registering if you have a team of 3 or more from the same workplace or you're a student (not yet practising health professional) who would like an additional AUD$100 or USD $67 off the current advertised price (excluding waitlist-only flash sale, which is already heavily discounted). We can provide you with a coupon code for your team's use at checkout.
- DATES: Program runs for 4 months from May – August 2024 AEST. Specific dates and details to be confirmed. Access to the course materials will be available for 12 months.
- PROGRAM FORMAT: The program is designed to work through at your own pace following our guided curriculum pathway, with video modules, regular live check-in calls and activities to complete as part of a community. Dates and details to be confirmed.
- BONUSES: Announcing soon.
- COURSE SUITABLE FOR: Speech pathologists, occupational therapists/physiotherapists, and dietitians who have feeding therapy as part of their scope of practice, who want to learn from a speech pathologist working exclusively in paediatric feeding. The course caters to therapists at the beginner to intermediate level in paediatric feeding (children aged 6 months - 12 years age). You do not need to have a paediatric feeding caseload or any experience to start! We are just keeping the course to these feeding therapy disciplines at this stage.
What's Included
#1- Weekly modules
An on-demand curriculum with a guided pathway to walk you through every step over the four month course period, or complete at your own pace over the 12 months course access. Modules will include a combination of theory and evidence-based practice, videos, photos and case studies, practical activities with tools and templates, and plenty of opportunity for interaction, discussion and questions. There will be opportunities for self-paced work as well as attending live check-in calls.
#2- Regular group connection calls
Regular interactive Zoom sessions with our course presenter, Carly, where you have the opportunity to come back with your questions or chat about where you might have got stuck or need to problem solve. These will also be recorded and uploaded to our course hub.
#3- 12 months access to the course hub
We love our course hub and our participants do too! You will have access to all the course materials, videos and handouts, along with tools and templates you need for practical application, all in one central place. You’ll be able to access the course at your own pace for 12 months, so you can rewind and replay as much as you want!
#4- Clinical tools, templates and resources
We will be loading you up with useful clinical forms, tools, templates and resources that you can take back to your practice to implement with your own clients. Here are just a few of the detail packed templates we provide:
- Case history template and summary form
- Oral motor examination templates
- Feeding observation templates
- Feeding assessment 'Roadmap' tool
- Paediatric feeding disorder diagnostic checklist
- Assessment report template
- Planning feeding therapy priorities tool
- Parent handout on texture transitions
- Feeding clinic resources checklist
- Plus many more!
#PLUS#
At the end of the course, you will have the additional opportunity to join the Feeding Therapy Lab (if not already members) - our ongoing, online learning and support program for feeding therapists who have completed one of our courses!
SLPs love our Paediatric Feeding Foundations Program...
Erin, SLP, USA
This course was amazing! I've been practicing in pediatric feeding and swallowing for over 5 years, but I still learned so much. This course was great for filling in a lot of the random gaps that other books and courses glossed over or didn't cover because they were focusing on a specific treatment model - especially in the area of assessment and developing goals. This course would also be a great foundation for someone newer in treating feeding/swallowing, or looking to get into it.
Speech Pathologist, Australia
Definitely take this course! It will allow you to learn so much about all of the areas involved in supporting a child with feeding from your foundations to assessment and then therapy….It has helped me to really take time when assessing children and look across many developmental areas. It has impacted my clinical practice by empowering me with knowledge to start working with more feeding clients.
About Carly...
Carly Veness, CPSP, IBCLC, MSPA, is a Certified Practising Speech Pathologist and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) based in Melbourne, Australia, working in both clinical and research roles over the past 20 years.
Carly is the Founder & Principal Speech Pathologist at Babble & Munch Feeding Therapy, a private practice focused on infant & child feeding, and Babble & Munch Learning, an international training and professional support program for health professionals working in paediatric feeding. Carly also holds an appointment at the Royal Women’s Hospital in the Neonatal Intensive & Special Care Unit & has a Graduate Diploma of Infant & Parent Mental Health.
Carly includes various approaches in her therapy for infants and children with feeding difficulties, including responsive feeding therapy, infant mental health frameworks, trauma-informed practice and oral sensory motor therapies. Developing and supporting positive, trust-based relationships around feeding is at the centre of Carly's focus.
Presenter Disclosures:
Financial: Carly receives income from Babble & Munch Learning, including this course and the Feeding Therapy Lab. Carly receives income from her clinical practice, Babble & Munch Feeding Therapy.
Non-Financial: Carly is the parent of a child with feeding difficulties and shares some details from her own experiences.
You + this online program + the course hub
= Everything you need to get started!
Watch the self-study modules and attend optional live components. You can complete the course week by week over the course period, or you can spread it out over the year, with course hub access for 12 months.
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Speech Pathologist, SA
Highly recommend this course to anyone who is interested in learning feeding in-depth….Clinically, I feel more competent and confident with assessing and managing feeding clients….I think it worked really well, and allowed me to absorb and retain information much better than I normally would at an intensive course. Loved the option to watch the recording in my own time.
Speech Pathologist, South Australia
I really enjoyed it and actually feel that it is the most informative and easy to understand course I have completed in the past 6 years. I feel significantly more confident and feel that I am able to take on more feeding clients.