Contributions of Motor Status and Experience to Feeding Skill Development for Solids

Feeding success is defined as the acquisition of oral feeding skills and texture advancement from liquids to solids, which is typically correlated to age. The field lacks an understanding of those critical skills that support skill acquisition, texture advancement, and consumption for nutrition. These findings can have a significant impact on how we assess a child for feeding development as well as appropriate treatment strategies.
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Kallia Reske
Ms. Reske is a senior at Marquette University majoring in Speech Pathology & Audiology with a minor in Spanish for Health Professions. She has worked in Dr. Amy Delaney’s Neurodevelopmental Feeding & Swallowing Lab (NDFS) since Summer 2020. She was a Marquette University Biomedical Sciences Summer Research Program Fellow (Summer 2021) in Dr. Delaney’s NDFS Lab and has continued her work as a research assistant. Ms. Reske was a research assistant in Dr. Steven Long’s English Accented Spanish Lab from Fall 2018 to Spring 2019
Christian Stilp PhD
Dr. Stilp has a PhD in Experimental Psychology, University of Wisconsin - Department of Psychology, 2011. Post-doctoral trainee in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, 2011-2012. Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Louisville.
Amy Delaney PhD, CCC-SLP
Dr. Delaney is an Assistant Professor in Speech-Pathology & Audiology at Marquette University. She is the Director of the Neurodevelopmental Feeding and Swallowing Lab focusing on the identification of a norm-reference for feeding development to establish diagnostic criteria and assessment tools for the early and accurate diagnosis of pediatric feeding disorder. Dr. Delaney worked at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin for 20 years in advanced diagnostics and intervention for medically complex children with PFD and dysphagia.