Pediatric Swallowing and Feeding: Assessment and Management

Pediatric Swallowing and Feeding: Assessment and Management, Fourth Edition continues as the leading text on pediatric dysphagia for students and clinicians. It examines the complicated inter-relationships between structures and systems that contribute to swallowing/feeding development, function, and disorders. Case studies throughout the book provide examples for decision making and highlight salient points.

New to the Fourth Edition

• All chapters updated with substantially revised, evidence based research and clinical guidance
• Seven new contributing authors bringing expanded expertise to the field
• New chapters: Feeding Children with Craniofacial Anomalies and Dysphagia Services:  Transitioning Through the Continuum of Care
• Updated discussion framed by the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), informing clinical feeding evaluation procedures, interpretation, and management decision making, while emphasizing recent shifts in the patient population and advances in technology

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