First Bite is celebrating two million downloads by giving back! Join hosts Michelle and Erin for a full-day seminar featuring pediatric feeding experts from across the U.S. You'll gain practical, trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and strengths-based strategies to support students with PFDs and ARFID at school. Explore real-life case examples, discover community-inspired best practices, and leave ready to transform your approach.
This seminar designed specifically for school-based Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) to deepen their understanding and enhance their skills in managing PFDs. This comprehensive event will deliver critical insights, innovative strategies, and practical tools tailored for the educational setting, empowering you to effectively support students with feeding and swallowing challenges.
Participants will benefit from expert-led sessions that combine foundational theory, evidence-based practices, pioneering state-wide approaches, culturally responsive strategies, and robust documentation guidance. This seminar is essential for school SLPs seeking to elevate their practice and foster inclusive, supportive environments that significantly enhance students' academic, nutritional, and social outcomes.
Session 1: Jaclyn Pederson and Amy L. Delaney, PhD, CCC-SLP
Explore foundational history and recent developments in PFD. Understand its distinction from ARFID and gain structured diagnostic insights, along with essential resources to refine your approach to pediatric feeding.
Session 2: Jennifer Eggert, MS, CCC-SLP, C/NDT, and Dawn Merth-Johnson, MA, CCC-SLP
Learn from Wisconsin's successful statewide PFD management initiative, emphasizing interdisciplinary teamwork, comprehensive training modules, and overcoming barriers to implementation.
Session 3: Michelle Dawson MS, CCC-SLP, CLC, BCS-S and Erin Forward MSP, CCC-SLP, CLC
Master practical documentation skills focused on screening, evaluation, and creating effective, trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming goals aligned with educational standards.
Session 4: Carolyn Dolby, MS, CCC-SLP
Gain a practical blueprint for building district-wide dysphagia services in schools, using the structured and actionable "8 Essential Building Blocks" model to streamline effective team collaboration and safety protocols.
Session 5: Emma Justice, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC, NTMTC, and Sasha Watson, MA, CCC-SLP
Explore transformative, real-world methods used in Boston Public Schools, emphasizing culturally informed interdisciplinary teamwork, policy creation, and staff training through dynamic case studies and multimedia examples.
Session 6: Anais Villaluna, SLPD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, CLC
Discover culturally responsive practices through implementation science, integrating cultural considerations seamlessly into assessments, interventions, and ongoing care, promoting equitable and inclusive dysphagia services for diverse student populations.
This seminar designed specifically for school-based Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) to deepen their understanding and enhance their skills in managing PFDs. This comprehensive event will deliver critical insights, innovative strategies, and practical tools tailored for the educational setting, empowering you to effectively support students with feeding and swallowing challenges.
Participants will benefit from expert-led sessions that combine foundational theory, evidence-based practices, pioneering state-wide approaches, culturally responsive strategies, and robust documentation guidance. This seminar is essential for school SLPs seeking to elevate their practice and foster inclusive, supportive environments that significantly enhance students' academic, nutritional, and social outcomes.
Session 1: Jaclyn Pederson and Amy L. Delaney, PhD, CCC-SLP
Explore foundational history and recent developments in PFD. Understand its distinction from ARFID and gain structured diagnostic insights, along with essential resources to refine your approach to pediatric feeding.
Session 2: Jennifer Eggert, MS, CCC-SLP, C/NDT, and Dawn Merth-Johnson, MA, CCC-SLP
Learn from Wisconsin's successful statewide PFD management initiative, emphasizing interdisciplinary teamwork, comprehensive training modules, and overcoming barriers to implementation.
Session 3: Michelle Dawson MS, CCC-SLP, CLC, BCS-S and Erin Forward MSP, CCC-SLP, CLC
Master practical documentation skills focused on screening, evaluation, and creating effective, trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming goals aligned with educational standards.
Session 4: Carolyn Dolby, MS, CCC-SLP
Gain a practical blueprint for building district-wide dysphagia services in schools, using the structured and actionable "8 Essential Building Blocks" model to streamline effective team collaboration and safety protocols.
Session 5: Emma Justice, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC, NTMTC, and Sasha Watson, MA, CCC-SLP
Explore transformative, real-world methods used in Boston Public Schools, emphasizing culturally informed interdisciplinary teamwork, policy creation, and staff training through dynamic case studies and multimedia examples.
Session 6: Anais Villaluna, SLPD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, CLC
Discover culturally responsive practices through implementation science, integrating cultural considerations seamlessly into assessments, interventions, and ongoing care, promoting equitable and inclusive dysphagia services for diverse student populations.
