Overview

Clearly illustrated, this is the ultimate practical handbook for all professionals working with children with eating and drinking difficulties, and an essential guide for all students studying this area of therapy. Covering the complex issues involved in the field of eating and drinking difficulties in children, this text: examines the theoretical background while maintaining a clear focus on its practical application provides essential information on all the relevant issues contains an invaluable range of photocopiable material for each chapter, which can be given to families and professional colleagues provides a range of appendices with details of useful resources including a reference list and suppliers of equipment.

Full Product Details

Author:   April Winstock
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Speechmark Publishing Ltd
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.920kg
ISBN:  

9780863884269

ISBN 10:   0863884261
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   01 January 1999
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Children / Juvenile ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of figures, List of tables, List of practical exercises, Foreword by Dr Lewis Rosenbloom, Preface, Acknowledgements, 1. Families and mealtimes, 2. Normal development of eating and drinking, 3. Swallowing dysfunction and aspiration, 4. Motor factors that limit oral-motor skills, 5. Positioning, 6. Communication at mealtimes, 7. Sensory influences and their management, 8. Nutrition, 9. Gastro-oesophageal reflux, 10. Tube feeding, 11. Health and safety, 12. Assessment, 13. Management, 14. Oral hygiene, 15. Saliva control, 16. The child with a visual impairment, 17. School mealtimes, 18. Staff training, Appendices, Resources, Glossary, Bibliography, Index

Reviews

This is a very practical handbook...very clearly set out...an excellent book for those training to work in the area of dysphagia...an excellent resource to have at hand. Independent Talking Points The manual is well researched with excellent references to other sources...is good value for money. Speech & Language Therapy in Practice

"""This is a very practical handbook...very clearly set out...an excellent book for those training to work in the area of dysphagia...an excellent resource to have at hand."" Independent Talking Points ""The manual is well researched with excellent references to other sources...is good value for money."" Valerie Moffat, Speech & Language Therapy in Practice 'This excellent, highly practical book incorporating good clinicaladvice and thoroughly researched evidence, is an essention addition to any department library' - Julie O'Key, Chair, Northern Region Dysphagis, RCSLT 'Clever use of illustrations, subheadings and size of print make it easy to read, as well as providing theory to inform and underpin practice.' - 'It will be an invaluable tool for speech and language therapy students, less experienced clinicians, and also colleagues in associated fields such as physiotherapy and occupational therapy'. - Stacey Lawrence, Principal Speech and Language Therapist, Northwick Park Hospital, IJLCD '...a valuable resource for all professionals and those who manage eating and drinking and the associated problems for children/adults.' - Jean Dornan, Nurse Lecturer, course director child branch, Queen's University Belfast, Paediatric Nursing"

This is a very practical handbook...very clearly set out...an excellent book for those training to work in the area of dysphagia...an excellent resource to have at hand. Independent Talking Points The manual is well researched with excellent references to other sources...is good value for money. Valerie Moffat, Speech & Language Therapy in Practice 'This excellent, highly practical book incorporating good clinicaladvice and thoroughly researched evidence, is an essention addition to any department library' - Julie O'Key, Chair, Northern Region Dysphagis, RCSLT 'Clever use of illustrations, subheadings and size of print make it easy to read, as well as providing theory to inform and underpin practice.' - 'It will be an invaluable tool for speech and language therapy students, less experienced clinicians, and also colleagues in associated fields such as physiotherapy and occupational therapy'. - Stacey Lawrence, Principal Speech and Language Therapist, Northwick Park Hospital, IJLCD '...a valuable resource for all professionals and those who manage eating and drinking and the associated problems for children/adults.' - Jean Dornan, Nurse Lecturer, course director child branch, Queen's University Belfast, Paediatric Nursing

Author Information

April Winstock is a Speech & Language Therapist who is registered with the Health Professionals Council and has worked at the Bobath Centre, London, special schools and hospitals. She has been running courses on eating & drinking difficulties in children for many years. April currently has her own practice in which she sees children with a range of communication and eating problems.

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