Article | October 01, 1998Help the Division 13 Steering Committee Help You Joan C. Arvedson Author Notes Copyright © 1998 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Article Information Pediatric Practice Article | October 01, 1998 Help the Division 13 Steering Committee Help You SIG 13 Perspectives on Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (Dysphagia), October 1998, Vol. 7, 3-4. doi:10.1044/sasd7.3.3 SIG 13 Perspectives on Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (Dysphagia), October 1998, Vol. 7, 3-4. doi:10.1044/sasd7.3.3 View Article Figures Tables PDF PDF Supplemental Data Supplements Multimedia Share Email Twitter Facebook Pinterest Tools Get Citation Citation Arvedson, J. C. (1998). Help the Division 13 Steering Committee Help You. Perspect Swal Swal Dis (Dysph), 7(3), 3-4. doi: 10.1044/sasd7.3.3. Download citation file: RIS (Zotero) EndNote BibTex Medlars ProCite RefWorks Reference Manager © 2018 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association × Alerts User Alerts You are adding an alert for: Help the Division 13 Steering Committee Help You You will receive an email whenever this article is corrected, updated, or cited in the literature. You can manage this and all other alerts in My Account The alert will be sent to: Confirm × Sign In or Create a free account to receive alerts. × Joan Arvedson is our pediatric representative of the Division 13 Steering Committee. Despite her heavy schedule she has agreed to provide material for a much needed column: The Pediatric Practice. This inaugural column is interactive, first you read the column then you fill out the questionnaire at the end this issue. Even if involved in other practice paradigms your feedback is critical for the Steering Committee to prepare for the future needs in the field of pediatric dysphagia. - T. Neil McKaig In recent months, as the pediatric representative on the Steering Committee, I have received communications from some affiliates who express concerns related to speech-language pathology practice for pediatric patients with dysphagia. Examination and intervention involving infants and young children with feeding and swallowing problems require knowledge and experiential bases that are not simply translatable from adults to pediatrics. Some clinicians raise questions that indicate their educational preparation at the graduate level did not prepare them for this high risk and complex arena of practice in speech-language pathology. Decision making for infants and children who never had an intact neurologic system is markedly different from that with adults or older children who have suffered some insult at a later stage in life. Most infants and young children cannot participate actively in their intervention programs, which in turn means that intervention approaches are different from those with adults. Clinic research based data are critical components for the advancement of optimal intervention strategies. “How to” sessions without strong etiologic and physiologic underpinnings are inadequate for practicing clinicians. First Page Preview × View Large Subscribe to view more For full access to this article, log in to an existing user account, become a SIG affiliate, or purchase a short-term subscription. Become a SIG Affiliate Join a SIG Pay Per View Entire SIG 13 Perspectives on Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (Dysphagia) content & archive 24-hour access $25.00 Buy Now This Issue 24-hour access $17.00 Buy Now This Article 24-hour access $10.00 Buy Now Sign In or Create an Account Please sign in using your ASHA.org login. If you do not have an ASHA login, you may register with us for free by creating a new account. Sign In or Create an Account We've Changed Our Publication Model... The 19 individual SIG Perspectives publications have been relaunched as the new, all-in-one Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups. Learn more > Related Articles Related Topics