Feeding Treatment Boot Camp: Practical, Usable Skills for Feeding Therapists!

TWO WAYS TO ATTEND:

Attend as part of the LIVE STUDIO AUDIENCE in Gulf Breeze, Florida - Studio audience seats are limited - so register today!
Attend via LIVE STREAM from anywhere around the world. Live stream participants will login to access the event from their computer.

NOTE:

This live event is streamed in real time.
Course agenda is in Central time, please adjust for your time zone
Registrants who attend the live broadcast will be able to interact with instructor.
All registrants will have access to the broadcast recording for 14 days.
A group may view the course together, however each attendee must be individually registered in order to receive CE credit.

CEUs:

SLPs - this course is registered with ASHA as Blended Learning. ASHA CEUs may be earned by attending live, viewing the recording, or a combination of both.
OT/PTs - Participants who need live hours for state license renewal must attend in real time yet, will still have access to the recording for 14 days.

COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS:

Attend/view entire course
Pass multiple choice quiz (80% min score)
Complete online course evaluation

Are you an SLP or OT and are struggling to treat Pediatric Feeding Disorder or Selective Feeding Disorder? This course will give you the nuts and bolts of feeding therapy, so you have solid tools for evaluating and treating kids as soon as you go back to work! Build your confidence evaluating and treating a variety of children with sensory, behavioral, and oral motor concerns so you know how to plan your sessions and counsel parents. From evaluation to discharge, we will cover case studies, sensory and behavioral feeding treatment techniques, and what to do in tricky situations. Leave this course feeling ready to take on complex and challenging feeding patients including children with sensory concerns, ASD, oral motor deficits, gastrointestinal concerns, and more.

Course Objectives

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

Complete a comprehensive feeding evaluation with confidence
Explain the importance medical implications have on feeding disorders
List two reasons why feeding difficulties can be so hard to treat
Recognize the similarities and differences between treatment approaches and why this matters
Recommend treatment approaches for various case studies
Describe how other medical professionals play a role in feeding therapy and how to utilize them
Recommend treatment options and therapy approaches to parents and caregivers
Explain the importance of family support and parent buy-in

Course Instructor(s)

Kelly Komisaruk

M.Ed., CCC-SLP

Kelly Komisaruk, M.Ed. CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist specializing in feeding difficulties located in Florida. After gaining her education at Central Michigan University and The University of Virginia, she moved to Florida to pursue her career. After years of honing her skills working with children, she took on the challenge of being one of the initial therapists at Nemours Children’s Hospital in 2012. Always having a love of feeding, she was a founding member of the Nemours Childrens Hospital Outpatient and Inpatient Intensive Multidisciplinary Feeding Team helping to design and implement both programs. Today, after helping hundreds of children learn to love food, she is proud to offer her services both virtually and in person to the Central Florida area and beyond! She opened up her practice in Lake Nona in 2020 and has grown to offer feeding services to children, teens, and adults. She is about to open up her intensive brick and mortar feeding clinic in 2022 where she plans to expand the services she offers to families nationwide. She has specific interest in helping people with anxiety around food, food phobias, and helping other clinicians learn how to help others enjoy eating!

Financial Disclosure: Kelly receives honoraria from CIAO Seminars for the presentation of this course.
Non-Financial Disclosure: None

Course Agenda

Day 1

08:00 - 08:30

Introduction

08:30 - 08:45

General housekeeping

08:45 - 10:00

Why feeding is so difficult to treat/Various approaches to feeding Treatment

10:00 - 10:15

Break

10:15 - 11:15

Medical issues and how they are related to feeding

11:15 - 12:00

How can other professionals help me and the importance of family buy-in

12:00 - 12:30

Lunch

12:30 - 02:00

How to do a comprehensive feeding evaluation with Template

02:00 - 02:15

Break

02:15 - 03:30

Case studies

03:30 - 04:00

Q&A

Contact hours pre-approved for:

7 Hours
CIAO is an ASHA Approved Provider (0.7 ASHA CEUs) bubble sheet submission required
ASHA CE Provider Approval and use of the Brand Block does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.
This course meets PDU requirements for NBCOT (7 PDUs)
CIAO is an Approved Provider for the Florida Board of Occupational Therapy
Approved for:
7 Hours Registered with CEBroker for OT/COTAs in AL, AZ, GA, LA, MS, SC, TN
8 Hrs. OT/COTAs in FL (CE Broker #20-908165)

Course meets requirements for:

OT/COTAs in AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, GA, HI, ID, IA, IN, KS, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT,

OT/COTAs in NE, NV, NH, NJ,, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV, WY

Intermediate Level
0.7 ASHA CEUs

CIAO Automatically reports to CE Broker for Florida Occupational and Physical Therapists and Assistants. Florida SLPs can either use the ASHA CE Participant Form (Bubble Sheet) or self-submit through CE Broker.

CIAO is recognized on the NBCOT Provider Registry (meets PDU requirements for NBCOT)