Pediatric Dysphagia: Assessment and Treatment for Infants, Children ...

The Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences at Lehman College of the City University of New York is proud to announce a short course entitled:

Pediatric Dysphagia: Assessment and Treatment for Infants, Children, and Behavioral Dysphagia

Presented by Gina D. Longarzo, MS, CCC-SLP

This course is offered for 0.60 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area)

Time: 8:30 AM ? 4:00PM Friday, March 6, 2020

Course Description

Place:Lovinger Theatre Lehman CollegeSpeech & Theatre Bldg. 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West Bronx, NY 10468-1589

This full-day session explores pediatric dysphagia, specifically feeding assessment and techniques for infants, as well as behavioral dysphagia. You will leave with activities that you can immediately use with your patients to improve their feeding skills.

In this presentation, we will discuss evaluation and treatment techniques for infant dysphagia. Other aspects of dysphagia in infants will also be discusses, such as supplemental feeds, aspiration, positioning, thickening liquids, and objective assessments. We will review nipple/bottle selection, as well as characteristics of the nipples, flow rates, and change to change nipples.

This presentation will also focus on the behavioral aspects of pediatric Dysphagia, including etiologies, a team approach, types of aversions and their effects, components of the evaluation for a child with behavioral Dysphagia, with different options for goal writing and determining frequency of treatment. Through case analysis and video case examples, participants will develop tools for intervention strategies that can be utilized in therapeutic feeding sessions. Specific interventions will be reviewed, including evidence based interventions. These intervention and therapeutic strategies will be demonstrated through video examples. Follow-up process after the evaluation and/or intensive feeding program are completed will also be discussed, as well as common misperceptions about behavioral interventions and why some interventions fail.

Outline/Timed Agenda

8:00 ? 8:30

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 ? 8:45

Welcome and Opening Remarks

8:45 ? 10:15

Focus: Infant dysphagia. Review Anatomy and Physiology of the swallow, typical norms for dysphagia, review aspiration, bottles, nipples, thickening liquids, and positioning during feeding.

10:15 ? 10:30

Break

10:30 ? 12:00

Pediatric FEES versus MBS, infant assessment, cervical auscultation, and infant dysphagia techniques. Behavioral dysphagia will begin to be discussed, specifically etiologies, team approach, food aversions, and picky eater versus eating disorder.

12:00 ? 1:00

Lunch

1:00 ? 2:30

Behavioral dysphagia feeding evaluation, determining frequency, establishing goals, home suggestions, therapeutic techniques, video case examples, positioning, and data.

2:30-2:45

Break

2:45 ? 4:00

Case studies, follow-up assessment, common misperceptions, and why interventions fail. Questions and Answers

Outcomes Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

1. Identify nipple/bottle options, their flow rate, and when to change nipples. 2. Thickening recipes, as well as feeding techniques for infants. 3. Identify differences between MBS vs FEES. 4. Identify etiologies/diagnoses associated with pediatric behavioral Dysphagia. 5. Complete evaluation and goal writing for a child with a behavioral Dysphagia. 6. Implement behavioral strategies and techniques for working with children who have food aversions and

other maladaptive behaviors surrounding food/liquid.

Who Should Attend Professionals in speech-language pathology or a related field (teachers, special educators, educational specialists, psychologists, nurses etc.), parents and graduate students.

Speaker Biography Gina DiSalvatore Longarzo, MS, CCC-SLP is a Senior Speech-Language Pathologist at Blythedale Children's Hospital (BCH). She received her Master of Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology from New York Medical College. Gina currently holds various/leadership positions at Blythedale regarding Dysphagia, including managing a Feeding Team, liaison to Infant/Toddler unit, and lead Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) clinician, having conducted over 25 pediatric FEES and present for over 50 pediatric FEES, including reviewing videos and report writing. She also co-created the FEES program at Blythedale Children's Hospital. Gina also has over 11 years of experience with assessing and treating behavioral dysphagia in the pediatric population.

Disclosure Statements Financial ? Gina D. Longarzo is a Speech-Language Pathologist at Blythedale Children's Hospital where she receives a salary. She will be receiving an honorarium for this workshop.

*NOW ACCEPTING CREDIT CARDS*

Extended Early Rate (through 3/6/2020)

SLP attendance including CEUs: $150.00

Lehman Alumni: $90.00

Student Rate- $60.00- must bring copy of current student ID with proof of registration for current semester on day of workshop or mail-in with check

Parents: $60.00 Credit card registration only accepted online. Copy and paste this link:

(Note: there will be a surcharge added to all credit/debit card payments)

Non-financial ? None ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------OR Mail-in check with following:

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Employment Affiliation

Address_ Home Phone

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E-mail Checks should be made payable to:

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Lehman College CE-Research Foundation

Mary Boylan, MA, CCC-SLP Diana Almodovar, Ph.D. CCC-SLP Continuing Education Administrators SLHS Department ?Room 227 Lehman College, CUNY 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West Bronx, NY 10468-1589 Speech.Center@lehman.cuny.edu

How to get there: ** Parking available in student parking lot on Goulding Ave.**

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