Suitable for: anyone working with children with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties in Coventry
This course will cover:
A brief introduction to how we eat and drink
A description of what can go wrong when we eat and drink and what you can do to help
An introduction to feeding techniques, texture descriptions and thickener
Course Objectives:
• To recognise when a child is having difficulty with
eating, drinking or swallowing and when to contact the speech and language
therapist for support.
• To have some knowledge of ways we can support children with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties during mealtimes and knowledge of what you
might see in a feeding plan for a child you support.