The breastfed baby: assessment and treatment
Online Self-paced Course

The breastfed baby: Assessment and treatment

(17 customer reviews)

Duration:

4.5 hrs

Language:

French

Subtitles:

No Subtitles

$ 322.50

Are you well-equipped to contribute positively as a physiotherapist and/or healthcare professional to the breastfeeding experience of a baby you have in treatment with you? Do you know how to conduct a basic orofacial musculoskeletal examination of a baby with torticollis and/or plagiocephaly? How to recognize musculoskeletal challenges when observing latch? What to do when a baby presents with jaw tension or asymmetry?

This course is aimed at healthcare professionals working in pediatrics with children aged 0-4 months. We’ll talk about breastfeeding and tips and considerations for optimizing bottle feeding. Medical issues and weight gain during this particular period will be addressed more specifically by an experienced nurse with this clientele, who is also an IBCLC.

Collaborators : Marie-France Blais, IBCLC nurse; Amélie Grenier, speech therapist; and Kary-An Fournier, pediatric physiotherapist.

 

Outline :

  • Chapter 1: Introduction and evidence on the benefits of breastfeeding for babies
  • Chapter 2 : Latching on
    • Recognizing latching problems
    • Understanding the impact of inadequate latching on
    • Optimize latching in different breastfeeding positions
    • Clinical reasoning of the professional observing the feed
  • Chapter 3: Physical assessment of a newborn in a breastfeeding context
    • Adapting the clinical environment
    • Reflexes and considerations specific to breastfeeding
    • Specific issues and suggested adaptations for babies with hypotonicity
    • Specific issues and suggested adaptations for babies with hypertonicity
  • Chapter 4 : Torticollis and plagiocephaly in the breastfed newborn
    • An opportunity for early detection
    • Impact of asymmetry on breastfeeding
    • Assessing mobility and strength in the newborn
    • Supporting breastfeeding when a baby has congenital torticollis
    • Guidelines for physiotherapeutic interventions in the context of breastfeeding
  • Chapter 5 : Orofacial assessment of babies aged 0-4 months
    • Anatomy, musculature and function
    • Clinical assessment and orofacial exercises
    • Sucking and swallowing, orofacial myofunctional disorders (OMDs) and the speech therapist’s field of action by Amélie Grenier, speech therapist
  • Chapter 6 : Medical issues specific to the 0-4 month period and reasons for medical referrals presented by Marie-France Blais, nurse, IBCLC
    • Indicators to validate whether baby is getting enough calories and to detect problems with breast milk production
    • Possible intervention by nurses, IBCLC consultants to help regulate production
    • Impact of obstetrical practices on breastfeeding initiation
  • Chapter 7 : Oral restrictive brakes
    • Definition and evidence
    • Interdisciplinary work
  • Chapter 8 : Case history

Published:

10/12/2023

Updated:

07/12/2023

  1. Know the latest evidence on the benefits of breastfeeding for babies ;
  2. Recognize a good latch and identify areas where improvement is needed ;
  3. Know the basics for conducting a physical assessment of a baby between 0 and 4 months of age, taking into account the specific characteristics of the baby’s function (bottle-feeding or breast-feeding) ;
  4. Early detection of torticollis or asymmetry in newborns ;
  5. Understand the impact of torticollis on breastfeeding ;
  6. Know the physiotherapy intervention guidelines for babies with asymmetries, torticollis and/or plagiocephaly in the context of breastfeeding ;
  7. Know how to adapt the physical assessment of babies between 0 and 4 months, taking into account their breastfeeding or bottle-feeding behavior ;
  8. Be familiar with orofacial assessment of babies between 0 and 4 months ;
  9. Know how to recognize medical issues and refer appropriately to optimize support for the breastfeeding dyad when a problem is suspected ;
  10. Know the current evidence on oral restrictive brakes and recognize when to refer and to which professionals.

Marie-Ève Bergeron

Physiotherapist, IBCLC lactation consultant PT, IBCLC
Paediatrics, Women’s Health
Quebec

Marie-France Blais

Nurse, IBCLC lactation consultant IBCLC
Paediatrics, Women’s Health
Quebec

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17 reviews for The breastfed baby: Assessment and treatment

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  1. EC

    Good basic course to better understand breastfeeding

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  2. A

    Very interesting!

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  3. MD

    Very relevant, thank you!

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  4. A

    Great lessons on breastfeeding. Good for people who work privately or are not part of an interdisciplinary team.

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  5. JT

    Hello, I found that there was a lot of information, but few concrete ways of intervening, especially for professionals other than physiotherapists..

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Professionals also allowed:

  • Occupational therapists
  • Midwives
  • Physicians
  • Nurses
  • Speech therapists
  • Physiotherapy technologists
  • Dentists
  • IBCLC Lactation Consultants
  • Any other professional working in the perinatal field

 

Content is not intended for use outside the scope of the learner’s license or regulation. Continuing education courses should not be taken by individuals who are not licensed or otherwise regulated, except, as they are involved in a specific plan of care. By participating in this course, the participant agrees to respect his/her professional scope of practice.

The instructor speaks in French. No subtitles will be available.

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Kinesiologist, FKQ

All accredited members of the Fédération des Kinésiologues du Québec (FKQ) must accumulate 30 credits of recognized continuing education every two years from the year of their accreditation. These credits can be obtained from continuing education offered by the FKQ and/or other organizations recognized by the FKQ. In order to facilitate your task of analyzing the credits granted to your course, the FKQ Continuing Education Committee gives you access to an equivalency grid.

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