Abstract Date Presented 04/20/2023 Feeding can be a complex occupation for children. A professional development course was created to provide OT practitioners and other professionals with strategies address feeding difficulties the pediatric population. Primary Author Speaker: Danielle Cassista Additional Authors Speakers: Rae Ann Smith, Julie L. Watson

The cleft palate is associated with feeding difficulties, dysfunction of eustachian tube, infection and effusion of middle ear, hearing loss, disorders of speech, dental and orthodontic problems. Feeding plate is a prosthetic aid that is designed to seal the cleft and restore the separation between oral and nasal cavities. This clinical report describes fabrication of feeding plate for neonate ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate factors related to feeding difficulty that is shown in the interaction between nursing assistants and elderly residents with dementia. METHODS Forty-eight residents and 31 nursing assistants were observed during meal times in a congregate dining room of a Taiwanese nursing home specializing in dementia care. Residents' eating behaviors, the dining environment, interac...

Infants with cleft palate (CP) suffer from several difficulties, one of them is feeding, which prevent infant from maintaining adequate nutrition. Usage of feeding plate, special bottles and nipples has been described to overcome this problem. This article describes steps of constructing a single visit feeding plate for a CP infant. The main objective was to provide an infant with a properly fu...

Disease course of feeding difficulties in spinal muscular atrophy type 2 is not well documented. Disease-modifying therapies rapidly change the trajectory motor function and survival atrophy, but effects on co-morbidities like bulbar are unknown. We analysed data concerning problems their standard care treatment 146 patients with 2. Data were collected from two separate cohorts: one single-cent...