This manual was produced in response to the growing need in recent years for material on pediatric feeding disorders. It is problem focused and pragmatic in its approach. • Provides photocopiable checklists and assessments to offer parents, teachers and other professionals working with a child. • Organized alphabetically into the areas that frequently require assessment and treatment, each section contains a thorough overview backed by detailed therapy guidelines. • Contents: General assessment, General treatment, Aspiration, Behavior & communication, The cheeks, Chewing, Cleft lip & palate, Cup drinking, Food consistency, Gagging & choking, The jaw, The lips, Multiple impairment, Nutritional intake, Orofacial sensation & tone, Positioning, Pre-feeding, Preparation, Reduced endurance, Reflux, Respiration, Saliva control, Spoon feeding, The suck, The swallow, The tongue, Tracheostomy, From tube to oral feeding, Videofluoroscopy. • Written by Arlene McCurtin, Speech-Lang. Pathologist. Spiralbound, 180 pages, 1997.
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