PRIVATE GROUP | KALEIDOSCOPE MODEL FOR FEEDING (1 DAY) | Virtual Streaming | Feb 7, 2025 10:00AM-5:00PM Eastern/11:00AM-6:00PM Central

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Monica Purdy, MA, CCC-SLP, COM®

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Course Description
When you look through a kaleidoscope, there are many shapes and colors that create a picture. It may be blurry at first, but as you turn the kaleidoscope, the shapes and colors continue to change until you get a clear and complete picture.

Similarly, when a client comes to see a speech/feeding professional, the picture may seem a little out of focus because there may be myriad issues that are being presented usually all at once!

These are some of the many things speech and feeding professionals have to be aware of when assessing pediatric feeding clients:

How are they sitting?
What is their breathing like — is it through their nose or their mouth?
How is their coordination?
Are there sensory regulation issues?
How is their motor planning?
Are they focused or distracted?
Can they follow directions?
How about their orofacial structure — their head shape? their palate? are there tethered oral tissues?
And how about the family dynamics — what does mealtime look like?
When we observe our clients through the TalkTools® Kaleidoscope Feeding Model™, we can connect these interactive, interdependent aspects that define our clients’ feeding patterns to build a clear, coherent treatment plan within the multidisciplinary team framework.

Learning Outcomes

The participant will be able to:

Define the Kaleidoscope Feeding Model™
List 2 structures/systems that impact feeding
Determine 4 potential feeding roadblocks
Apply 2 Focus and Reflect™ assessment and treatment strategies

Day 1

  • 15 minutes — The Kaleidoscope Model™ for Feeding
  • 30 minutes — Structures and Systems: How Anatomy Impacts Feeding
  • 15 minutes — BREAK
  • 1 hour — Structures and Systems: How Sensory Regulation Impacts Feeding
  • 1 hour — LUNCH
  • 45 minutes — Feeding Milestones
  • 15 minutes — BREAK
  • 1 hour — Feeding Roadblocks
  • 30 minutes — Practicum (Demo/Practice Session)
  • 1 hour — Assessment/Focus & Reflect
  • 30 minutes — Q&A

NOTE: there may changes to handouts/resources prior to the start of the workshop -- be sure you have reviewed any versions you may have downloaded to make sure you have the latest version

Available for 2 weeks starting on the workshop date. Limit 1 use per purchase.

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Continuing 24 Jan 25