Michelle L. W. Dawson, MS CCC-SLP, CLC
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PodCourse #81: 12/29/2019
Common Pediatric Medications and Their Role in Feeding and Swallowing Disorders
Lisa Milliken, MA CCC-SLP, FNAP, CDP

(.1 ASHA and AOTA CEUs) For more info, click here.
 
Description: In this episode Michelle is joined by Lisa Young Milliken, MA, CCC, FNAP, CDP, who received her BA from Louisiana Tech University and her MA from The University of Memphis in Audiology and Speech Language Pathology.  Have you had questions regarding that laundry list of medications that your pediatric patient is taking? No fear and no shame from us here at First Bite….because we have had the same questions too!  Did you know that certain common medications for GERD and seizure management could trigger an oroprharyngeal dysphagia, trigger constipation, or result in bone density issues?  As Clinicians we need to understand how the medications that our patients are taking can impact their hunger cues and desire for PO trials, or contribute to safety issues for PO intake…and Lisa is here to clarify the muddy waters that is pediatric medications.

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this PodCourse, participants will be able to identify and describe:
  • How typical drug classes that may result in adverse effects in children’s swallowing or cognitive skills.
  • 3 impacts to the GI system and hunger cues that common GERD medications (PPIs/H2RAs) can have on the body.
  • 3 ways in which seizure medications such as (Kepra, Onfi, Dilantin), impact cranial nerves for swallowing disorders.

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PodCourse #82: 01/07/2020
Adventures in Feeding with Melanie Potock
Michelle Dawson, MS CCC-SLP, CLC
Melanie Potock, MA, CCC-SLP

(.1 ASHA and AOTA CEUs) For more info, click here.
 
Description: In this episode Michelle is joined by the one and only Melanie Potock, MA, CCC-SLP, author of the critically acclaimed and widely successful books “Raising a Healthy Happy Eater: A Stage-by-Stage Guide to Setting Your Child on the Path to Adventurous Eating” (2015),  “Baby Self-Feeding: Solutions for Introducing Purees and Solids to Create Lifelong Healthy Eating Habits (2016)”.  And the popular food activity book, titled “Adventures in Veggieland: Help Your Kids Learn to Love Vegetables with 100 Easy Activities and Recipes (2018)”.  Melanie serves up a scrumptious hour jammed pack with busting “Baby-Led Weaning” myths, elaborating on her “3 Easy E’s”, and highlighting some of her favorite family mealtime tips from other cultures and how they can encourage healthy eating habits for your little one…as well as infuse joy into a home!

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this PodCourse, participants will be able to identify and describe:
  • What “Baby-Led Weaning” is and if “Gagging is Good”.
  • What the “3 Easy E’s” are and how to incorporate them into feeding therapy.
  • 2 takeaways from mealtimes within other cultures and the benefits of family mealtime.

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PodCourse #83: 01/14/2020
The Power of Prompting and Push-In for AAC
Stephen Kneece, MA, CCC-SLP

(.1 ASHA and AOTA CEUs) For more info, click here.
 
Description: In this episode Michelle is joined once again by Stephen Kneece, MA, CCC-SLP, who serves as the President-Elect-Elect of SCSHA (South Carolina Speech-Language Hearing Association), the CEO/Founder of Speech and Language Songs, as well as a graduate of the ASHA LDP (Leadership Development Program).  Today Stephen, who works as an Assistive Technology Consultant for his local school district, discusses the concept of “Prompting Hierarchy” and how to use it effectively with AAC, as well as pros and cons of utilizing a “Push-In” model for AAC in an Elementary School and in a Daycare for Early Intervention.  The guru behind “Speech and Language Songs”, found on YouTube and Instagram, packs quite the perky punch in this episode…bonus points…he can really rock that guitar and solo vocals!

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this PodCourse, participants will be able to identify and describe:
  • 3 aspects of Prompting Hierarchy.
  • 2 pros and cons of using AAC via a “push-in” session in an elementary school .  
  • 2 ways to functionally incorporate AAC via “push-in” for a daycare/early interventions session.

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PodCourse #84: 01/21/2020
Top Ten Takeaways from ASHA 2019
Michelle Dawson, MS CCC-SLP, CLC
Erin Forward, MSP CCC-SLP

(.1 ASHA and AOTA CEUs) For more info, click here.
 
Description: In this episode Michelle and Erin have fully recovered from the intensity that is the annual ASHA Convention from November 2019.  Why is that great news? Easy!  They are going to share their “Top 10 Takeaways” for adding functional evidence to your practice!  They will take you on an EBP hunt in the exhibit hall, hit up Erin’s Top 3 Lectures, and wrap with Michelle’s Top 3 Lectures, and spread some joy that can be found by being surrounded by almost 14,000 colleagues.  If you weren’t able to make to Orlando this past year, no worries, they are all set to bring the magic to you!

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this PodCourse, participants will be able to identify and describe:
  • 4 sources of EBP found for evaluations and treatment for the pediatric clinician found in the exhibit hall.
  • Erin’s top 3 takeaway points for EBP for evaluations and treatments from ASHA 2019.
  • Michelle’s top 3 takeaway points for EBP for evaluations and treatments from ASHA 2019.

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PodCourse #85: 01/28/2020
The More the Merrier: Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Co-Treatments with an OT, Psychologist, and an SLP
Michelle Dawson, MS CCC-SLP, CLC
Rob Dempster, PhD
Elizabeth “Beth” Halpin, MHS, OTR/L, SCFES

(.1 ASHA and AOTA CEUs) For more info, click here.
 
Description: In this episode Michelle is joined by Elizabeth (Beth) Halpin, MHS, OTR/L, SCFES, from episode #60 “Ots and Feeding? Who knew!?!”  and Rob Dempster, PhD, Pediatric Psychologist, from episode #71 Psyched about Psychology and Feeding!”.  In this hour of “First Bite”, the dynamic duo opens up about their collaboration for a combined treatment approach for pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders.  They share the good, the bad, the ugly: lesson’s learned about best practice for a team approach, etiologies that benefit the most from a team approach, as well as their favorite “do-overs”…as in, “welp if we had known this, then we would have done this”…and let’s be honest, the do-overs tend to be the best life lessons!  Let this cheery episode warm you up this chilly winter day!

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this PodCourse, participants will be able to identify and describe:
  • 3 components of a combined treatment approach for pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders.
  • 3 different patients who would benefit from a combined treatment approach for pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders. 
  • 3 considerations for establishing a combined treatment approach for pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders.

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PodCourse #86: 02/04/2020
National Black Association for Speech, Language and Hearing and You!
Michelle Dawson, MS CCC-SLP, CLC
Kia Noelle Johnson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
(.1 ASHA and AOTA CEUs) For more info, click here.
 
Description: In recognition of Black History Month, Michelle interviews the amazing Kia Noelle Johnson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP.  Dr. Johnson, who serves on the ASHA Board of Directors as the National Advisor to the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association, is also an 18-year member of the National Black Association for Speech, Language and Hearing where she currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors.   She is also a proud alumna of the 2006 class of the ASHA Minority Student Leadership Program.  This is a fast paced hour that covers a lot of ground: everything from the history of African Americans prevalence and growth within the world of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology, how an SLP working in the world of Early Intervention needs to ethically assess and treat a child with a suspected language delay or impairment when a little one that we are working with has AAVE or resides with a family who speaks using a recognized dialect such as Gullah or Geechee, and how one could become involved in such groups as NBASLH and the Student Minority Leadership Program at ASHA.  Enjoy the encouragement in how we can encourage diversity within our field at a local grassroots effort!

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this PodCourse, participants will be able to identify and describe:
  • The history of African Americans prevalence and growth within the world of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology.
  • Considerations for how an SLP working in the world of Early Intervention needs to ethically assess and treat a child with a suspected language delay or impairment when a little one that we are working with has AAVE or resides with a family who speaks using a recognized dialect such as Gullah or Geechee.  
  • 3 ways in which one could become involved in such groups as NBASLH and the Student Minority Leadership Program at ASHA, or in general how one can encourage diversity within our field at a local grassroots effort.

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PodCourse #87: 02/11/2020
Savoring the Science behind that “First Bite”
Michelle Dawson, MS CCC-SLP, CLC
Dr. Reva Barewal
(.1 ASHA and AOTA CEUs) For more info, click here.
 
Description: In this episode Michelle is joined the award winning and innovative Dr. Reva Barewal!  Dr. Reva graduated from the University of Toronto Dental School in 1992.  From 1992 to 1993 she was in a General Practice Residency at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada. Following her residency, she practiced as a general dentist for six years.  She completed a Prosthodontic Post Doctoral Program at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in 2002, winning first place in the John Sharry competition of 2002.   In 2006 she was awarded the first implant award for research by Astra Tech and the inventor of dental implants.  Her professional training, combined with her passion and further education as a culinary chef, gave her unique insight into her patient’s needs when it came to the satisfaction that was missing in altered diets and mealtime…so she combined her skills and created Savorease!  The first product of it’s kind that has delicious dissolvable crackers and dips that not only meet IDDSI guidelines, but also give the pleasure of the sought after “crunch” and “taste” often missing in these diets.  Your taste buds will be salivating, while your neurons are firing as she explains the science and research behind chewing, biting, crunching, and tasting!

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this PodCourse, participants will be able to identify and describe:
  • How the dissolvability of a food impacts a patient’s bite/chew pattern.
  • 3 different ways in which “taste” and “crunch” impact a patient’s desire to eat.  
  • positive outcomes of following the IDDSI diet when considering solids and purees.

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PodCourse #88: 02/18/2020
Clinical Indicators for NPO
Michelle Dawson, MS CCC-SLP, CLC
Erin Forward, MSP CCC-SLP
(.1 ASHA and AOTA CEUs) For more info, click here.
 
Description: In this episode Michelle and Erin tackle when it is appropriate to say “NPO”.  That’s right, sometimes it falls on us as the Feeding and Dysphagia experts to share with the rest of the Interprofessional Team that we have concerns for safety of PO intake.  But, we need to be able recognize how the “Little One’s” Cardiac, Gastrointestinal, and Respiratory systems contribute or dictate that NPO status.  Again, we need to be able to when the pleasure and quality of a feed are fading and our patients need advocacy and support.  Baselines change often for our complex patients and this is the episode that differentiates the signs and symptoms of when we can say “NPO”  and when we can joyously celebrate moving towards “PO” again.

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this PodCourse, participants will be able to identify and describe:
  • 3 different cardiac considerations for NPO status.
  • 3 different gastrointestinal considerations for NPO. status  
  • 3 different respiratory consideration for NPO status.

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PodCourse #89: 02/25/2020
The New NSSLHA
Michelle Dawson, MS CCC-SLP, CLC
Natalie Marie Sfeir
(.1 ASHA and AOTA CEUs) For more info, click here.
 
Description: In this episode Michelle is joined by Natalie Marie Sfeir, National NSSLHA’s VP for Government Affairs and Public Policy…who is also a full time graduate student!  Today they challenge your notions of what a millennial Audiologist and Speech Language Pathologist brings to our professions, by advocating, educating, and inspiring us all via NSSLHA!  NSSLHA is definitely not what it use to be, (exhausted student clinicians hovering around coffee cups and stale pizza stressing about their next assignment), instead it is a powerhouse system built upon hardworking student clinicians and mentoring professors.  A system that is making waves in Congress through their face-to-face and electronic advocacy efforts.  A system that is pulling our profession forward through their scholarship and researching efforts.  And, a system that is helping us grow locally, via their volunteerism at the state level.  Be sure to share this joyful episode with your favorite student clinician and/or clinical supervisor!

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this PodCourse, participants will be able to identify and describe:
  • The difference between National NSSLHA and NSSLHA chapters.
  • Three benefits that NSSLHA Membership and engagement bring to our profession.  
  • Three strengths that students bring to state associations.

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PodCourse #90: 03/02/2020
The Intersection of American Sign Language and Early Intervention
Michelle Dawson, MS CCC-SLP, CLC
Jill Eversmann
(.1 ASHA and AOTA CEUs) For more info, click here.
 
Description: In this episode Michelle is joined by the accomplished lecturer Jill Eversmann, MS CCC-SLP, Academic and Clinical Faculty of Columbia College, and X instructor w/ ASDF.  In this hour they challenge all the preconceived notions about incorporating American Sign Language into Early Intervention….in short, they will teach you how “talking with your hands” is an excellent strategy to increase acquisition of functional communication, the differences between Baby Sign and American Sign Language, and the best resources and references behind the beautiful intersection that is ASL and EI.  Be sure to stretch before this hour, because it will have you moving!

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this PodCourse, participants will be able to identify and describe:
  • Who is an appropriate pediatric patient for using American Sign Language with during a ST session.
  • Differences between Baby Sign and American Sign Language.  
  • Three resources that provide the EBP behind incorporating American Sign Language in Early Intervention ST sessions.

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  • About Michelle
    • Testimonials
    • Videos
  • CEU Opportunities
    • Upcoming CEU Opportunities
    • Past CEU Events and Reviews
    • Private Bookings
    • Past Student Opportunities
  • First Bite: Fed, Fun, Functional
    • First Bite: 1 - 10
    • First Bite: 11 - 20
    • First Bite: 21 - 30
    • First Bite: 31 - 40
    • First Bite: 41 - 50
    • First Bite: 51 - 60
    • First Bite: 61 - 70
    • First Bite: 71 - 80
    • First Bite: 81 - 90
    • First Bite: 91 - 100
    • First Bite: 101 - 110
    • First Bite: 111 - 120
    • First Bite: 121 - 130
    • First Bite: 131 - 140
    • First Bite: 141 - 150
  • Chasing the Swallow
  • Talking Teletherapy
  • Contact
  • Resources
    • Resources for Colleagues
    • Resources for Families