In addition to Amy's great list of suggestions:
Make sure the audience knows that there are strategies that can help 
kids with dysphagia swallow more safely at breast such as positional 
changes (prone feeding with mild head extension) (mom may need to lay 
flat on her back for a baby with significant swallowing problems), and 
mom can press on her breast to occlude several ducts to slow flow during 
the MER.

Please cover Julie Cichero's work (PhD speech therapist, dysphagia 
specialist) on rheological characteristics of barium vs infant foods. 
The take-home message is that characteristics that determine swallowing 
challenge are completely different between formulas, thickened formulas, 
and the various barium mixtures, making VFSS a poorer guide about 
textures that are safe for infants.

Catherine Watson Genna BS, IBCLC  NYC  cwgenna.com


On 3/15/2012 10:47 AM, Jamie Mahurin Smith wrote:
> Hi, Lactnetters, I'm going to be teaching a summer course on pediatric
> dysphagia to grad students in a speech-language pathology program. I'm
> trying to decide how much breastfeeding information to include and what to
> emphasize. I will have a total of 18 hours with the students, and I also
> have to cover assessment/treatment of bottle-fed infants as well as
> difficulties with older children. Those of you who work with SLPs, or work
> with mothers who are also receiving SLP services -- what do you wish they
> knew about breastfeeding?
>
> Jamie Mahurin Smith, PhD, IBCLC
> in sunny central Illinois
>
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