Ep. 60: "The Occupational Therapist's Vital Role in Early Pediatric Feeding & Frenectomy Care with Karyn Johnson-Fernandez MS, OTR/L, SWC, CBS"

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This Airway Answers episode features 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧-𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐳, 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭, discussing pediatric feeding and airway issues. Key topics included:
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✅ 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 for babies with feeding difficulties. 
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✅We must look at feeding issues not just from a sensory aspect but also look at the impacts of aspects such as 𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐭𝐢𝐞, 𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, to name a few.
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✅ 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 (OT, PT, dentists) is vital for optimal outcomes. 
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✅ 𝐓𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 (𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬) 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞/𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭-𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞, not just a quick fix. 💡
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✅Common 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐬 and the 𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐑𝐅𝐈𝐃 were also discussed. 🤔
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✅ 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 in your area.
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𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒐𝒏 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝑻𝒖𝒃𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔! 
👉👀𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞 (𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞): https://youtu.be/ay3lZQsKjxo
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ABOUT OUR GUEST: 
Karyn (Car-in) is the owner of Food is Fun, Let's Eat.  She has been a pediatric occupational therapist since 2010.  She specializes in feeding therapy, in order to help families feel more comfortable, connected, and successful with meal time in their home and the community. Karyn has taken many courses to further educate herself in learning about sensory and oral motor difficulties, tethered oral tissues (TOTs), breast and bottle feeding in infants as a Certified Breastfeeding Specialist-CBS, food progression, and overall pediatric feeding difficulties. She also enjoys, values, and finds it helpful to collaborate with other like-minded healthcare professionals to ensure she is working with all disciplines of a child's team in order to provide the best quality care.
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ABOUT THE HOST: 

Nicole Goldfarb, M.A. CCC, SLP- COM® is a Speech-Language Pathologist, Certified Orofacial Myologist, international speaker, and author. She is the owner of San Diego Center For Speech Therapy & Myofunctional Therapy and serves as a mentor and consultant in the field of orofacial myofunctional therapy. 
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