Neonatal Nutrition Fellowship Program
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Sponsors: Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau.

Contact: Diane M. Anderson, PhD, RD; Phone 832/826-1346; E-mail: dianea@bcm.edu; or visit http://www.neonate.net/education/nutrition/fellowship

These three-month fellowship programs are for Registered Dietitians. Nutrition management of the high risk infant in the newborn intensive care unit and the community setting will be reviewed.

Neonatal Nutrition Training

As part of the Neonatal Nutrition Training Program at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, One-Week Neonatal Nutrition Update Programs will be offered for Nutritionists. This program is supported in part by the Federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

Dates: September 22-26, 2008; November 10-14, 2008; November 17-21, 2008. Applications must be received by August 4, 2008.

Forms and program information can be downloaded from http://www.neonate.net/education/nutrition//practicum/

Leadership Education Excellence in Pediatric Nutrition
James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children (Indiana University School of Medicine), Indianapolis, IN

Clinical pediatric nutrition fellowships (4-6 months duration) for registered dietitians/nutritionists who provide or potentially will provide, care for high risk infants and children and have a minimum of 12 months clinical experiences and preferably a master's degree. The overall mission is to improve the nutrition of infants, children and adolescents and their families through the education and development of pediatric nutrition leaders for key positions in education, service and advocacy.

Contact: Karyl Rickard, PhD, RD, CSP, FADA at 317/ 274-9910; email: krickard@iupui.edu.

The Get Permission Approach to Sensory Mealtime Challenges

Presented by Marsha Dunn Klein, MEd, OTR/L. The purpose of this workship is to look at mealtimes based on relationships. It focuses on children who have complicated sensory challenges, including those who are very worried about the sensory aspects of feeding, children who are inexperienced or who have had scary oral sensory experiences, those who are fed by tube, those who have visual impairments or those who are on the autism spectrum. This workshop provides extensive strategies for an approach of getting oral sensory permission as a foundation to oral motor treatment.

More information at www.mealtimenotions.com. 2008 dates: February 29/March 1 (Sacramento CA), March 28/29 (Phoenix AZ), October 3/4 (Memphis TN)