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Partnering to Implement Preferred Practices for Feeding and Nutrition in the NICU (PD102957)
This session explores the challenges presented by the different perspectives on infant feeding among the caregiving team in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The speaker discusses the evidence-based recommendations related to feeding, eating, and nutrition that were recently published by the First Consensus Conference on Standards, Competencies and Best Practices for Infant and Family-Centered Developmental Care in the Intensive Care Unit . The speaker uses a case study to illustrate how the SLP may use these standards and competencies to partner with the family, infant, and care team and improve feeding outcomes.
This course is a recorded session from the 2023 ASHA online conference Rethinking Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing.
Learning
Outcomes
You will
be able to:
- Locate and use the Infant and Family-Centered Developmental Care (IFCDC) Standards and Sample Recommendations for Infants in the ICU
- List two standards within the section on feeding, eating, and nutrition delivery
- Describe how to use the standards to partner with infants, families, and other professionals to implement infant- and family-centered developmental care feeding practices
Presenter Information
Erin S. Ross, PhD, CCC-SLP, received her PhD from the University of Colorado in 2007, which was followed by a 2-year post-doctoral fellowship in the Section of Nutrition at the University of Colorado Denver. Her master’s degree is in Speech and Language Pathology, which she received in 1988. Dr. Ross is currently a Clinical Instructor at the University of Colorado Denver and on faculty at the Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions. She has authored several book chapters and publications related to feeding preterm infants, infants with medical comorbidities, and children with pediatric feeding disorder (PFD). Dr. Ross provides clinical consultation to several NICUs within the HealthONE system in Denver, in addition to providing professional education and research consultation through Feeding Fundamentals. She created SOFFI®, a training program for caregivers in the NICU and in Early Intervention. Dr. Ross also teaches the SOS Approach to Feeding, created by Dr. Kay Toomey. Across her career she has treated infants and young children in hospital, clinic, and home settings and brings 30 years of experience. Her perspective crosses over the initial hospitalization through the first 5 years of life.
Financial Disclosures:
- Owner of Feeding Fundamentals, LLC, including intellectual property (inclusive of SOFFI®), and receives a salary
- Salary as a faculty member of the Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions and as a Developmental Specialist for the HealthONE Hospital Systems
- Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine
- Paid consultant for Gerber Baby Foods (Nestec) and Intertek
- Paid as a speaker for Toomey and Associates, Inc. and receives royalties for content
- Financial compensation from ASHA for this presentation
Nonfinancial Disclosures:
- Chair of Advocacy Pillar for Feeding Matters
- Member of the Consensus Committee – Developmental Care Standards for Infants in Intensive Care and has written related book chapters for Elsevier and Thieme Publishers
Assessment Type
Self-assessment—Think about what you learned and report on the Completion Form how you will use your new knowledge.
To earn continuing education credit, you must complete and submit the learning assessment by October 31, 2029
Program History and CE Information
Online
conference dates: March 22 – April 3, 2023, November 29 – December 11,
2023
End date: October
31, 2029