Creating an Interdisciplinary Collaborative Feeding Team: NICU and Beyond

Feeding delays are often multifaceted with a combination of medical, sensory, behavioral and environmental factors. Feeding difficulties can start in the NICU, and sometimes it's later in childhood. Children with feeding difficulties are best served by an interdisciplinary team including nurses, physicians, registered dietitians, feeding therapist (OT and/or SLP), and physical therapist. Participants will learn how to foster interdisciplinary feeding teams that collaborate together. See full course description here

Course Requirements:

Computer with internet and working speakers/sound are required for this course.
Course must be completed within 30 days of activation (activate course within 6 months of purchase).
An online verification of completion and submission of an online evaluation form are required for successful completion.
A certificate of completion will be available to print immediately after course is successfully completed.
SLPs - ASHA CEUs may be obtained by completing the online ASHA form and checking the "Report to ASHA" box.

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Course Objectives

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

List collaborative team members of the feeding team and their unique role
Define how each member can support NMES for feeding
Identify methods to foster collaboration of care within a feeding team

Course Instructor(s)

Kristen Pfeil

OTD, OTD/L

Kristen has been practicing as a pediatric occupational therapist for the last 22 years. She received her clinical doctorate in Occupational Therapy from Creighton University in 2002. She has worked in several different settings including inpatient hospital, outpatient clinic, school systems and NICU. She owns a pediatric clinic, Connect Pediatric Therapy, in Lincoln, NE that specializes in working with children with feeding delays. She enjoys mentoring other therapists and has lectured on various topics related to sensory processing, self regulation, primitive reflex integration and feeding. She is a Certified Primitive Reflex Clinical Specialist and is in the process of acquiring certification as a Functional Vision Rehabilitation Specialist. In her spare time she enjoys exploring outdoors and traveling with her husband, three children and black Labrador
Financial Disclosure: Kristen receives honoraria from CIAO for the presentation of her live courses and royalties for the sale of her online courses.
Non-Financial Disclosure: There are no non-financial relationships to disclose.

Course Agenda

20 Minutes

Unique roles of team members in an Interdisciplinary Collaborative Feeding Team

20 Minutes

How each team member supports NMES for feeding

20 Minutes

Methods to foster collaboration of care within a feeding team

1.0 Hours

Total

Contact hours pre-approved for:

1 Hour
CIAO is an ASHA Approved Provider (0.1 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 (1 PDU)
Approved for:
1 Hr. OT/COTAs in FL (CE Broker #20-941968)
1 Hr. Registered with CEBroker for OT/COTAs in AL, AZ, GA, LA, MS, SC, TN

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

Advanced Level
0.1 ASHA CEUs

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

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.