Learning Outcomes: 

After completion of course participants will be able to- 

• Differentiate between two case studies of which patient would benefit from an ASAP Infant Feeding Program evaluation, and which one would be appropriate for a more traditional outpatient feeding therapy referral.
• Construct a list of at least three items/equipment that are needed to have a successful Infant Feeding program.
• Generate at least three markers of dysphagia in an infant.
• Develop a protocol of when to refer to other specialties, when to monitor, and when to send to ED for workup.
  

Meet Our Presenter:

Katy Pugh M.S., CCC-SLP works full time in a children's hospital, where she works in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, nursery, pediatric inpatient floor, and in outpatient infant and toddler feeding. She also works as an independent contractor where she provides home health and clinic services for infant feeding. She has recently worked to create an Infant Feeding Program that serves infants under 6 months of age who are at risk of being hospitalized for poor weight gain, by evaluating and treating them within one week of receiving a referral. Katy works with healthy newborns, preterm infants, and medically-complex infants.