When pediatric therapists treat feeding and speech in isolation, critical underlying root causes are easily overlooked. From jaw instability and retained primitive reflexes to phonological processes that are actually unaddressed motor speech deficits, tru ...
Why Your CFY Doesn’t Prepare You for Feeding Therapy (And What Actually Does)
In this interview episode, Abigail Kemp shares her honest journey through her Clinical Fellowship Year (CFY) and into the world of pediatric feeding therapy. Like many new clinicians, Abigail quickly realized that academic knowledge alone wasn’t enough—e ...
Why Pediatric Feeding Therapy Feels So Hard and What’s Been Missing
In this episode of The Untethered Podcast, Hallie Bulkin sits down with Cheryl Pelletier ,M.S., CCC-SLP to discuss the essential infrastructure of a successful career in feeding therapy: mentorship, community, and the courage to evolve. Many clinicians f ...
Episode 52: Dysphagia In The Schools ~ The Dysphagia Outreach Project with Kristen M. West M.A. CCC-SLP and Hillary Cooper, M.A., CCC-SLP
In this Episode, Hallie talks with Hillary and Kristen about the Dysphagia Outreach Project; a nonprofit organization with the mission to provide meaningful assistance to individuals affected by dysphagia across the lifespan. They also discuss the import ...