Behavioral Challenges

and

Feeding Disorders:

An Integrated Approach

Presenter:

Justine Joan Sheppard, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Teachers College,

Columbia University, NY

Monday
August 2, 2010

Registration 8:00am
Conference 8:30am - 4pm

.6 CEUs offered
Level: Intermediate

Presenter

Justine Joan Sheppard, Ph.D., CCC/SLP, BRS-S specializes in speech and feeding disorders in children and adults with developmental disability. She is an ASHA Fellow and Board Recognized in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders. She is Adjunct Associate Professor of Speech Pathology at Teachers College, Columbia University where she teaches courses and workshops in early intervention and dysphagia. In her private practice, Nutritional Management Associates, she provides workshops internationally on management of dysphagia in children and adults with developmental disability. She has published many articles and chapters and is co-editor, with S. Rosenthal and M. Lotze of, Dysphagia in the Child with Developmental Disabilities, Medical, Clinical and Family Interventions, Singular Publishing Group, 1995.

Target Audience:

• Speech Language Pathologists

• Occupational Therapists

• Special Educators

• Psychologists

• Social Workers

Overview

Eating behaviors and eating skills develop in tandem in young children. When this developmental process is disrupted by illness or developmental disorder, abnormal eating behaviors and delayed development of eating skills are seen. Research in the movement sciences and education indicate that the best results in treating these disorders occur when intervention addresses skills and behaviors together. These motor learning strategies are appropriate for the full range of disorder from the “picky eater” to the child who is transitioning from tube to oral feeding. While the focus of this workshop is on children, these principles and strategies are relevant for dysphagia treatment in adults with developmental disability.

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