First Bite #152 – June 15, 2021
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
(.1 ASHA and AOTA CEUs) For more info, click here.
Course Description
In this episode, Michelle is joined by her favorite cohost Erin Forward, MSP CCC-SLP, CLC to share their joy for all thangs continuing education! Sir Isaac Newton once said, “If I have seen further, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants”, and these are words that ring true for both Michelle and Erin. Join the Ladies of “First Bite” as they spend this hour sharing their favorite evidenced-based courses, taught by the giants in our interprofessional practice pediatric feeding disorder world, such that we can all see farther for the betterment of our patients. If you have ever wondered which courses will grow your EBP triangle for assessment and treatment with patients in the NICU, infants, toddlers, early child, or which courses focus on interprofessional practice for PFD, then this is the hour for you. Come stand with the ladies of First Bite and let’s see farther together and inspire the next generation of SLPs to greatness!
Objective
By the end of this PodCourse, participants will be able to identify and describe:
- 3 evidenced-based neonatal and infant feeding courses to pursue and how it will grow a clinician’s evidenced-based practice.
- 3 evidenced-based toddler and early childhood feeding/development courses to pursue and how it will grow a clinician’s evidenced-based practice.
- 3 evidenced-based interprofessional practice pediatric feeding courses to pursue and how it will grow a clinician’s evidenced-based practice.
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.