What you will learn

This course discusses the immature sensory system and how these systems impact an infant's ability to feed effectively.

  • Learn the sensory systems involved in feeding

  • Breastfeeding and most popular holding positions

  • Most popular bottle systems used in NICU

  • Sensory calming strategies before feeding sessions

Course curriculum

    1. Video

    2. QUIZ: Why Do Premature Infants Have Trouble with Feeding? You must score 80% on quiz to pass and receive 3 Continuing Education credits

    3. Course Evaluation

About this course

  • $199.00
  • 3 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content

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Tracey Kondrasuk-Brander

Tracey Kondrasuk-Brander has been working as a Pediatric Occupational Therapist for over 25 years. She specializes in premature infants and children birth-three years of age. She is the owner of ParentNICUconnection to help transition babies from the NICU. She is the owner of Pediatric Education Development Services (P.E.D.S) to provide online-courses for new therapy graduates and parents of children birth-3 years of age. She is a Certified Sleep Consultant for infants/toddlers and a Licensed Massage Therapist. Her passion is to help empower parents and new graduates so they can help improve developmental outcomes to babies/toddlers.