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| Pre-Feeding Skills, 2nd Edition - A Comprehensive Resource for Mealtime Development | 
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The book that therapists have depended on for years to give them a comprehensive look at feeding skills has been greatly expanded and revised. It is a must for the pediatric feeding specialist and anyone interested in the complex feeding issues of infants and young children. This revised edition is essential for pediatric feeding specialists working with clients from birth to adolescence. This 2nd edition contains 12 new chapters, and all sections have been greatly expanded to incorporate current research, references, and trends. • The book offers a holistic approach to feeding within the big-picture framework of families and mealtimes. The authors move the reader from the narrower focus on the mouth and oral treatment to the entire mealtime experience and feeding relationship. • Contents: Foundations for a Mealtime, Mealtime Influences, Mealtime Roles, Anatomy and Physiology of Eating, Normal Development of Feeding Skills, Factors That Limit Feeding Skill Development, Factors That Limit Oral Motor Skills, Supportive Diagnostic Tests, Mealtime Assessment, Setting Priorities and Problem Solving, Creating the Mealtime Plan, Treatment Principles and Perspectives, Learning and Communication at Mealtimes, The Sensory Challenges of Mealtime, Positioning and Handling Influences on the Mealtime, Issues of Nutrition, Specifics of Oral Motor Treatment, Feeding Materials for Assessment and Treatment, The Issues of Self-Feeding, Feeding and Speech: A Question of Relationships, The Child Who Is Premature, The Child Who Has Gastrointestinal Discomfort, The Child Who Is Tube-Fed, The Child Who Refuses to Eat Enough, The Child Who Has a Cleft Lip or Palate, The Child Who Has Visual Impairment, The Child Who Has Autism, The Child Who Has Minimal Involvement, Mealtime Resources, Pre-Feeding Global and Sequence Charts, Spanish Translations of Parent Questionnaires, Mealtime Participation Experiences, References. • Written by Suzanne Evans Morris, PhD, CCC-SLP, and Marsha Dunn Klein, M.Ed., OTR/L. Softbound, 789 pages, 2000. |
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