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Latching Onto Learning: Exploring the Link Between Lactation and Feeding Therapy

Welcome to this month’s installment of “The Talk with April Anderson.” In this edition, we’re diving into the important topic of lactation feeding therapy and exploring how early feeding through breastfeeding or expressed milk shapes the foundation for later oral‑motor, sensory, and communication development. Whether you are a feeding therapist, speech‑language pathologist (SLP), lactation consultant, or […]

November 22, 2025 jayne The Talk with April Anderson Comments (0) Details
Tags: breastfeeding support, EARLY INTERVENTION, family meals, FEEDING CHALLENGES, feeding strategies, feeding therapist tips, FEEDING THERAPY, holiday meals, infant oral‑motor, interdisciplinary care, lactation, new food exposure, oral‑motor feeding, picky eaters, SLP, speech‑language pathology, suck‑swallow‑breathe, Thanksgiving kids

Success Story: Kamdyn & Vanessa

3 years ago I was seeing a little boy named Kamdyn who had just turned 2 a couple months prior, through our state’s early intervention program. I was presented with some general background info such as scores, goals of the family, and his limited verbal productions. Also, he had 18 documented ear infections! All signs […]

June 16, 2017 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: APRAXIA, BITE TUBE HIERARCHY, BITE TUBE SET, BUBBLE BLOWING, BUBBLE HIERARCHY, BUBBLE KIT, CAS, CHILDHOOD APRAXIA OF SPEECH, EAR INFECTIONS, EARLY INTERVENTION, GUM CHEWING, HIERARCHICAL APPROACH, HIGH PALATEHORN BLOWING, HORN HIERARCHY, HORN KIT, JAW ASYMMETRY, JAW STABILITY, JAW STRENGTH, LIP ROUNDING, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISESORAL PLACEMENT EXERCISES, Oral Placement Therapy, REVERSE SWALLOW, SENSORY WARMUP, SEVERE APRAXIA, SLOW FEEDSPEECH EVALUATION, SPEECH PRODUCTION, STRAW DRINKING, STRAW HIERARCHY, STRAW KIT, THERAPY SUCCESS, TONGUE TIEVANESSA ANDERSON-SMITH, Z-VIBE

EARLY ORAL-MOTOR INTERVENTIONS FOR PEDIATRIC FEEDING PROBLEMS: WHAT, WHEN AND HOW

“Early Oral-Motor Interventions for Pediatric Feeding Problems: What, When and How” Authors: Cecilia J. Manno, Catherine Fox, Peggy S. Eicher and MaryLouise E. Kerwin JEIBI VOLUME 2, ISSUE NO. 3, Fall, 2005 ABSTRACT Children with developmental delays often have feeding difficulties resulting from oral-motor problems. Based on both clinical experience and a review of published […]

February 26, 2015 administrator From the Experts Comments (0) Details
Tags: CATHERINE FOX, CECILIA MANNO, EARLY INTERVENTION, FEEDING DISORDERS, FEEDING ISSUES, FEEDING THERAPY, FROM THE EXPERTSJEIBI, MARYLOUISE KERWIN, NEUROMOTOR DISORDERS, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, PEGGY EICHER, TALKTOOLSTALKTOOLS THERAPY

NEW ARTICLE BY LORI OVERLAND!

A Sensory-Motor Approach to Feeding, Lori Overland, M.S., CCC/SLP In this paper published by ASHA Perspectives on Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (Dysphagia), Lori explores the oral phase of feeding and how SLP’s can help child develop motor plans for safe nutritive feedings. What other parts of this paper do you think are important in a Sensory-Motor Approach […]

March 6, 2012 administrator From the Experts Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASHA ARTICLE, ASHA PAPER, EARLY INTERVENTION, EI, FEEDING THERAPY, FROM THE EXPERTS, LORI OVERLAND, ORAL MOTOR THERAPYORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY