First Bite #39 – March 19, 2019
Common to Uncommon Genetic Conditions and their Accompanying Functional Feeding Disorders
(.1 ASHA and AOTA CEUs) For more info, click here.
Course Description
In this episode, Michelle is joined once again by Miss Erin Forward, MSP CF-SLP, where they tackle some common, some not so common, and a few rare genetic syndromes…and how they can result in oropharygneal dysphagia or feeding aversion. If you have questions regarding some basic terminology on how genetic conditions are inherited or caused…and how they correspond to a child needing services for functional feeding…well then this is the episode for you!
Objective
By the end of this PodCourse, participants will be able to identify and describe:
- 2 common genetic conditions and how they can correlate to a feeding aversion or oropharyngeal dysphagia.
- 2 uncommon genetic conditions and how they can correlate to a feeding aversion or oropharyngeal dysphagia.
- 2 rare genetic conditions and how they can correlate to a feeding aversion or oropharyngeal dysphagia.
Co-Presenter
Erin Forward, MSP CF-SLP
Erin currently resides in Greenville, SC but grew up in Rochester, NY where her family still resides. Erin attended the University of Pittsburgh for her Undergraduate degrees in Communication Science and Disorders and Psychology, and completed her Master’s degree in Speech Pathology at the University of South Carolina. She has worked in a variety of settings including early-intervention/home-health, NICU in a children’s hospital, and an outpatient feeding clinic. Erin currently works for a non-profit outpatient speech clinic, where she specializes in pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders.
Erin is the Co-Host of the wildly acclaimed PodCourse/PodCast “First Bite: Fed, Fun, Functional a Speech Therapy”, sponsored by Speechtherapypd.com. Erin is passionate about engaging in interprofessional practice for her patients and advocating for attainment of functional independence for patients and their families, all done with a little bit of fun and joy. She believes that if you tell a child they can do something, they can do it, which is what makes working with children so rewarding, as they inspire her every day.