Pediatric Feeding: A Guide to Functional Frenectomy

Video Runtime: 50 Minutes; Learning Assessment Time: 33 Minutes

This course gives you the clinical competence to assess and treat pediatric feeding disorders secondary to structural, sensory-based, and experience-based difficulties. At the completion of this course, you will be able to identify tongue-ties in relation to feeding difficulties and walk your clients through the recovery process. This course in the Pediatric Feeding Disorders series will help you think about each client’s individual differences in order to best serve your clients using neurodiverse-affirming care. This course will review sensory differences in relation to feeding and will discuss evidence-based strategies to walk through with your client to gain a better introspection surrounding food. Parent education is crucial when working with feeding clients. This course will give you the confidence and knowledge to appropriately guide parents on ways to support feeding progress with their children.

Learning Objectives

• Evaluate the impact of suspected tongue-tie or other structural deficits on a pediatric client’s participation in feeding, eating, and swallowing
• Evaluate lingual frenum with objective measures as well as functional assessment tools
• Formulate education materials to give caregivers confidence to help the child through frenectomy preparation and postrelease active wound care
• Create a referral network to best support clients