Many infants and neonates have a long road to oral feeding. This resource provides examples and ideas for activities to use and teach parents/caregivers to assess and improve pre-feeding skills and readiness.
The International Dysphagia Diet Initiative (IDDSI) level four encompasses both drink and food which are “extremely thick” and “pureed.” This material provides information for patients and their caregivers on this consistency’s characteristics, the reasoning for recommendation/need for this consistency, ways to test this consistency at home, and helpful recommendations and examples.
This handout describes three types of delirium as well as characteristics, risk factors, effects, screening tools, and tips for caregivers and staff members when a person they are caring
Saying words with two or more syllables is challenging for children with articulation or phonological disorders, or apraxia of speech. This worksheet provides opportunity for practicing these words in therapy and at home.
What’s a hypoxic brain injury? Or anoxic brain injury? How long can the brain can survive with a reduced/lack of oxygen? This handout covers all aspects of anoxic/hypoxic brain injuries, including possible causes, and what potential damage could be expected.
This handout provides ideas for successful early spoon-feeding and characteristics of good spoon-feeding. Giant gobs of food with leftovers shoved into the oral cavity? NO THANKS.
This handout is an introduction to the central nervous system of the brain and spinal cord. It explains the parts of a neuron and how it helps send chemical messages for communicating thoughts, body commands, and interpreting sensory information.