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Jennifer Meyers Newest Course!
Can a child with a trach eat by mouth? Is a G-tube really the “End of the Road” for Feeding? Can a Rehab therapist use a stethoscope? Anatomy is the foundation for all we do. Get back to the basics with our most complicated patients. Study anatomy in a fun, hands-on way and apply techniques that will help your medically-challenging patients learn to eat. This highly interactive workshop for OT/COTA, PT/PTAs and SLP/SLPAs encourages participants to draw from their own experiences and caseloads for group problem-solving and discussion. Enjoy this hands on presentation that will encourage and motivate all participants. Go back to your medically-challenging patients with real tools to help! • Understanding how specific muscle groups drive therapy techniques. • Feeding the trach-dependent child • Various tracheostomy tubes and their parts • Stethoscope: a valuable tool to listen for signs of aspiration in the lungs. • G-tube placement: immediate and long-term feeding implications. • Parent training and education.
NOTE: Participants should bring; red, orange, blue, green, purple and black markers, scissors, a glue stick, and a small mirror for labs

Course Objectives

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

  • List the primary muscle groups and their functions involved in swallowing and demonstrate specific techniques to aid in strengthening each group.
  • Discuss the effects of prolonged tube-feeding on development and the goals and methods of therapeutic intervention.
  • List effects on feeding caused by the tracheostomy and discuss the preferred positioning and handling techniques used with infants with tracheostomies.
  • Explain the principles of pulmonary auscultation and demonstrate basic techniques used in dysphagia therapy.

Jennifer Meyer

M.A. CCC-SLP

Jennifer Meyer, M.A. CCC-SLP has over 20 years experience specializing in pediatric oral motor, speech, and feeding disorders. She is a popular national speaker and has received exceptional ratings for her courses. Jennifer has worked in many Neonatal Intensive Care Units, developed an outpatient hospital-based feeding program and served as an Oral Motor/ Feeding Consultant for Early Childhood Intervention Programs. In her role as Assistant Clinical Professor at Texas Woman’s University she taught Neurology, Language Development, and Dysphagia courses both on campus and online. She developed and served as the Clinical Coordinator of the Center for Assisting Families with Feeding and Eating (CAFFE). She is currently consulting with several Home Health companies in the Dallas-Ft., Worth area, including mentoring more than 150 therapists and assisting in the development of a High-Risk Infant program.
Financial Disclosures: Jennifer receives royalties from CIAO Seminars for the sale of this course.
Non-Financial Disclosures: There are no relevant relationships to disclose

30 Minutes
Registration
150 Minutes
Anatomy as the Foundation: Review muscle groups, identify strengthening techniques Lab: Build 3-D Model
15 Minutes
Break
75 Minutes
Anatomy Continued
60 Minutes
Lunch
120 Minutes
Specific Tools and Techniques: a Review
15 Minutes
Break
90 Minutes
Specific Tools and Techniques continued
45 Minutes
Question & Answer
30 Minutes
Registration
90 Minutes
Tracheostomy: Identify parts. Discuss effects on feeding.
75 Minutes
G-tube: Outline effects of decreased oral sensory stimulation. Explore meal concept. Discuss tube-weaning protocols
15 Minutes
Break
105 Minutes
Pulmonary Auscultation: Discuss principles. Listen to examples. Lab: Practice with stethoscopes.
30 Minutes
Q&A

Contact hours pre-approved for:

  • 1.3 CEUs (13 contact hours) OT/COTAs, PT/PTAs, SLP/SLPAs (unless otherwise noted)
  • CIAO is an ASHA Approved Provider #AAWA (SLP/SLPAs)
  • This course is offered for 1.3 ASHA CEUs (Advanced level, Professional area)
  • CIAO is an AOTA Approved Provider #4119 (OT/COTAs)
  • This course meets PDU requirements for NBCOT (13 PDUs)
  • CIAO is an IACET Approved Provider
  • CIAO is recognized as an Approved Provider for PT/PTAs by the NYSE Dept State Board for PT
  • CIAO is an Illinois Approved Provider for PT/PTA Continuing Education
  • This activity is provided by the TBPTE Accredited Prov. #1602009
  • This activity meets the continuing competence requirements for PT/PTA license renewal in TX
  • 13 hrs PT/PTAs in CA(CERS#13-30130-1), IL, NJ(345-2012), NY, TX (13 CCUs)
  • 15.5 hrs OT/COTAs in FL (CEBroker 20-319882)
  • This course is approved by the CA Board of OT for Advanced Practice:
  • -13.0 hrs Swallowing CABOT#25-S8

Contact hours applied for:

  • PT/PTAs in CA

The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.


This course is offered for 1.3 ASHA CEUs (Advanced level, Professional area)


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


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