Investigating the Potential for Telepractice to Improve Paediatric Feeding Care

Paediatric feeding disorders can impact a range of children and access to care may be difficult for families. In this presentation, Madeline will share research findings into the barriers families face in accessing feeding care, including the use of telepractice as a potential model to help reduce some of these difficulties.

In the study, the feeding skills of 30 bottle-feeding infants and 40 children cup drinking/eating solids were simultaneously assessed by a speech pathologist in their home and via telepractice to compare assessment findings.

Results indicated high reliability for most assessment elements; indicating that assessments conducted via telepractice were comparable to assessments conducted in person. In addition, parents and clinicians reported high satisfaction with the telepractice model.