Pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders are complicated and are often the result of a
combination of difficulties. As such, feeding and swallowing disorders provide a particular …

Pediatric Swallowing and Feeding: Assessment and Management, Third Edition provides
information to practitioners interested in and involved with children who demonstrate …

Dysphagia may be defined as “difficulty moving food from the mouth to the stomach”(M.
Donner, Dysphagia, 1, 1988) and encompasses impaired airway protection and problems …

Early diagnosis and treatment of feeding and swallowing problems may improve a child's
health status and quality of life and reduce health care costs. Pediatric nurse practitioners …

Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) have played primary roles in the evaluation and
management of children with feeding/swallowing disorders for more than five decades …

The staff is well versed in training strategies that are effective for chil-dren with the range of
deficits that affect attention, cognition, socialization, and motor learning. There is the …

Feeding and swallowing problems are reported in 10-25% of all children, 40-70% in
premature infants, and 70-90% in children with medical/developmental delays (Graham …

Opinion statement This article focuses on factors related to decreased food intake of infants
and children, but does not address anorexia or bulimia nervosa. The nature of feeding …

Purpose: This prologue introduces the forum “Pediatric Feeding Disorder and the School-
Based SLP: An Evidence-Based Update for Clinical Practice” and informs the reader of the …

Decision-making for management of infants and children with swallowing and feeding
disorders (Goday et al., 2019) is based on knowledge of and goals for adequate nutrition …