Feeding and Nutrition in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

This book is written to assist those who have responsibility for the nutritional and gastrointestinal care of children with neurodisability. The emphasis throughout is on the importance of multidisciplinary care. It is concerned with the problems surrounding the nutritional management of children with neurological impairment who have difficulty swallowing and feeding. Written from a multidisciplinary perspective by a group of authors with considerable clinical and research experience in this area, it covers: The epidemiology of feeding disorders in children with cerebral palsy, Nutritional assessment Evaluation of oral-motor function Dietetic management, Nursing issues in the nutritional care of the disabled child, Tube feeding Gastrointestinal problems and their investigation.

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Dr Sullivan is Head of the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Oxford. He is a Fellow of Magdalen College Oxford and holds an appointment as an honorary consultant paediatrician at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. He researches into the gastrointestinal and nutritional problems of children with neurological disabilities and has a special interest in the provision of a clinical service for children with complex gastrointestinal problem. He has published original scientific reports as well as reviews and book chapters on the gastrointestinal problems encountered in neurologically impaired children.