The Source® for Pediatric Dysphagia Second Edition

Updated and expanded evaluation tools and goals help organize your treatment. Whether you are new to the subject area or a veteran, you'll find information you need to practice effectively. Here's a sampling of the content:

*anatomy and physiology—nutritive vs. non-nutritive suckling, reflexes and what they mean, normal development of feeding and self-feeding skills, and more

*clinical evaluation—differential diagnosis of feeding disorders, completing a case history, example evaluations, and more

*instrumentation—administration and analyses of FEES and MBS, radiation safety, monitoring of the infant's/child's response, and more

*treatment—treatment of problems associated with abnormal tone, sensation, and motor learning; behavior-based dysphagia; children who are NPO; and more

*managing dysphagia in the school setting—establishing a dysphagia team, reimbursement, developing IEPs and individual health services plans, and more

*treatment of infants—facilitating infant response, understanding distress signals and state of alertness, breastfeeding, and more


The book comes with a FREE CD of an additional 51 printable pages (in PDF format) of therapy tools:

*case history form
*evaluation forms individualized by these age groups: 0-4months, 4 months-5 years, and 5-18 years
*in-service guide on dysphagia in school-age children
*educational handouts
*observation forms
*questionnaire for children with severe drooling
*tips for developing good mealtime behaviors


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Components
177-page book plus a CD of an additional 51 printable pages in PDF format (printable evaluation tools and educational handouts)