Show search form. Emily has specialised in paediatric feeding and swallowing since Emily completed her advanced practitioner training in Paediatric Dysphagia at Manchester Metropolitan University in This was an innovative 3-week programme that supported children and their families transition from their feeding tubes to being able to eat and drink by mouth. This programme continues and is now based at Starship Children's Hospital. Emily was appointed to the role of Clinical Educator at Massey University in This programme is interdisciplinary in which Speech-language therapy and dietetic students assess and treat children with feeding difficulties.
This clinic supports children as young as 6 months to 18 years and their families with limited dietary intake due to oral motor sensory difficulties, developmental difficulties or maybe typically developing but taking less than thirty foods in their diet and maybe refusing whole food groups or textures. In she completed her Master's thesis- Factors contributing to paediatric tube feeding dependency: The Speech-Language Therapist's perspective.
This is a multidisciplinary group focused on the needs of tube dependent children and their families. She was recently invited to be on the Technical Advisory Group for the Ministry of Health, to review and help write their Infant, Toddler Feeding and Nutrition guidelines. Emily has been a Speech -Language Therapist for over 20 years and has specialised in the area of infant and paediatic feeding and swallowing difficulties since Emily completed her Masters of Speech-Language Therapy in ; her project focused on the factors contributing to paediatric tube feeding dependency in New Zealand, She is currently a PHD candidate through the College of Health.
Home Massey expertise search. Back Massey expertise search. Keywords Name. Academic expert All staff General staff. Professional Contact details Ph: 09 ext. Journal Request Academic Output. McLean, NH. Heath, ALM. Read article at Massey Research Online:. Read Online:. Read Abstract:. Cox, AM. Baby food pouches and Baby-Led Weaning: Associations with energy intake, eating behaviour and infant weight status.
Brown, KJ. Conlon, C. Taylor, RW. Nutritional implications of baby-led weaning and baby food pouches as novel methods of infant feeding: Protocol for an observational study. Jones, E. Insights into paediatric tube feeding dependence: A Speech-language pathology perspective.
