BASLP 4th Semester Notes  » Paper 1: Motor Speech Disorders in Children

Unit 5: Feeding and Swallowing Disorders in Children

• Embryology- periods and structures of development
• Anatomical structures of swallowing- upper aero digestive system, anatomic difference between adults and children
• Physiology of swallowing- swallow phases, neural control of swallowing, reflexes related to swallowing, suckling and sucking, airway and swallowing
• Terms involved in dysphagia and development of feeding skills
• Causes of dysphagia in children
• Signs and symptoms of dysphagia in children
• Assessment – inferences from neural developmental assessment, cranial nerve examination, assessment scales, nutritive and non-nutritive assessment, instrumental assessment (VFS, cervical auscultation), gastrointestinal evaluation
• Management: positioning, oral- motor treatment, team approach, non oral feeding, transitional feeding, modifications in feeding
• Role of speech-language pathologist in neonatal intensive care with reference to feeding and swallowing