Browsing by Subject "pediatric feeding"

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    Advanced Clinical Skills and Educational Resources in Pediatric Feeding
    (2024-04-26) McIntyre, Velvet; Nguyen, Elizabeth; Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health and Human Sciences; Miller, Taylor
    Pediatric feeding difficulties are becoming more prevalent within the scope of occupational and speech therapy. After conduction of a needs assessment and thorough literature review, it was evident that an outpatient pediatric therapy clinic lacked caregiver involvement and limited educational resources. The purpose of this capstone project was to create evidence-based feeding resources to educate caregivers on different milestones and strategies to implement within the home environment in order to decrease parental stress, decrease the overall impact their child’s feeding difficulties had on the caregiver’s daily life, and improve occupational performance for children with feeding issues. Three pre- and post-assessments were utilized to measure the effectiveness of feeding therapy and the educational resources. Overall, the occupational performance for children with feeding issues improved by 21.5 points, the parental stress levels decreased by 7%, and the overall impact their child’s feeding difficulties had on the caregiver’s daily life slightly decreased. Keywords: occupational therapy, pediatric feeding, pediatric feeding disorder, feeding difficulties
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    Occupational Therapy’s Role in Feeding Therapy: Evaluating Feeding Therapy Process Using Evidence-Based Practice
    (2023-05-01) Hernandez, Jocelyne; Van Antwerp, Leah; Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health and Human Sciences; Price, Victoria; Miller, Erin
    Feeding problems are common within the pediatric population served by occupational and speech therapists. The purpose of this doctoral capstone student project was to create educational materials that would advance implementation of feeding therapy services at K1ds Count Therapy, a pediatric therapy clinic in Brownsburg, IN. After conduction of a needs assessment, it was determined that a lack of educational resources for feeding therapists affected the quality of feeding therapy services offered at the site. A comprehensive literature review was conducted to examine evidence-based practices used in feeding therapy services prior to the creation of the educational materials. To evaluate the effectiveness of these materials, feeding therapists took a pre/post survey. Overall, the educational material was found to be beneficial by therapists; there was an increase of 16% of practitioners' who felt moderately knowledgeable or higher in providing education to caregivers regarding feeding.