Pediatric Swallowing and Feeding: Assessment and Management 3rd Edition

Description of Pediatric Swallowing and Feeding: Assessment and Management

Pediatric Swallowing and Feeding: Assessment and Management, Third Edition provides information to practitioners interested in and involved with children who demonstrate swallowing and feeding disorders. Since the 2002 publication of the second edition, there has been an exponential increase in the number of medically fragile and complex children with feeding/swallowing disorders. A corresponding proliferation in the related basic and clinical research has resulted in the increased appreciation of the complicated inter-relationships between structures and systems that contribute to feeding/swallowing development, function, and disorders. Case studies throughout the book provide examples for decision making and highlight salient points.

New to the Third Edition:

• Maureen A. Lefton-Greif, PhD, CCC-SLP, is welcomed as co-editor. She brings extensive research expertise and clinical practice in pediatric dysphagia and feeding.
• All chapters contain significant updated evidence based research and clinical information.
• New chapters focus on the genetic testing and conditions associated with swallowing and feeding disorders, and the pulmonary manifestations and management of aspiration.
• World Health Organization (WHO) description of an International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) sets the stage for an in-depth discussion of clinical feeding evaluation procedures, interpretation, and management decision making.

Pediatric Swallowing and Feeding continues to be the leading text on pediatric dysphagia that provides practical information for clinicians seeing children with swallowing and feeding disorders. The overall importance of an appropriate fund of knowledge and shared experience employing team approaches is emphasized throughout this third edition as in the earlier editions of this book.

About the Author

Joan C. Arvedson, PhD, is a Speech-Language Pathologist, with specialty in Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Disorders at the Children s Hospital of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a clinical professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin. She is recognized internationally for her clinical work in pediatric swallowing and feeding disorders, lecturing/teaching, and scientific publications.

Maureen A. Lefton-Greif, PhD, is Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. She is an internationally recognized speech language pathologist for her clinical expertise and research on swallowing and its development and disorders in children of all ages.

Read more about: Joan C. Arvedson, Linda Brodsky, Maureen A. Lefton-Greif