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The Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Disorders Program at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt is designed specifically for infants, toddlers and adolescents who have a variety of feeding and swallowing difficulties, including dysphagia, Failure to Thrive, feeding-tube dependency, oral-motor difficulties, and food/oral aversion. The team works closely with the child's specialty medical professionals (i.e. medical nutrition therapy, gastroenterology, pulmonology, otolaryngology, cardiology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, etc) to ensure an interdisciplinary approach to the feeding disorder. Our services include the evaluation and management of feeding and swallowing disorders, and address the unique needs of each child and family.
 All services are performed by licensed speech-language pathologists and occupational therapists who have specialized training in the area of pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders. Our therapists are certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) or American Occupational Therapy Association (OATA) and are licensed to practice in the state of Tennessee.
The Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Disorders Program is one of several areas of specialty evaluation and treatment services provided by speech-language pathology staff within Children's Hospital and the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center's Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences. See www.vanderbiltbillwilkersoncenter.com for a list of additional speech, language, and hearing diagnostic and therapy services.
Click on the links in the left margin for more information about our Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Disorders Program.
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