Orientation and skill building of SLPs to help neonates thrive through the fragile first few days.

• Need for NICU feeding
• ABCs of NICU: Setups, terminologies, and machines
• Medical conditions relevant to dysphagia in neonates: neurological, metabolic, cardiopulmonary, genetic.
• Bedside assessment of feeding and swallowing in neonates
• Instrumental assessments of feeding and swallowing in neonates
• Assessment of reflexes and feeding in neonates – OT perspective
• General guidelines in neonatal feeding intervention
• Intervention of feeding disorders in neonates – OT perspective
• Specific approaches to feeding intervention in neonates
• Clinical case discussions

Perspectives and practices for SLPs to help young ones explore the joy of mealtime.

• Development of feeding in young age
• Issues related to feeding typically developing
• Picky to problematic eaters: pathophysiology
• Evolution of parenting through the generations
• Evaluation of feeding in pediatrics
• Video demonstrations of assessment of feeding
• Sensory motor intervention
• Neuro-developmental approaches to feeding disorders
• Assistive feeding and posture devices
• Clinical case discussions

Updates and upgradation of knowledge and competence of SLPs in helping individuals in hospital setups.

• Acute care considerations
• Pathophysiology of dysphagia acute care
• Working with trach and vents
• Making the most of bedside
• Endoscopic evaluation of swallowing
• Fluoroscopic evaluation of swallowing
• Pulmonary rehabilitation
• Rehabilitative strategies
• Electrical stimulation
• Neuro modulation techniques avenues
• Clinical case discussions

Introduction and intricacies of deglutology for SLP students in career decisions and scope of practice.

• Asking the right question: Awareness, sensitization andadvocacy.
• Clinical Evaluation of Swallowing
• Bedside evaluation of swallowing – What is different in bedside? – NICU to palliative care.
• Endoscopic evaluation of swallowing – in children andadults.
• Video-fluoroscopic Evaluation of Swallowing – in children and adults
• Prognostic indicators and therapeutic evaluations
• Stimulations and exercises for dysphagia
• Augmenting with compensation
• Posture and physiology modifications
• Clinical case discussion

HANDS-ON/DEMO

Video talk 1 – The tissue before the issue Close up of anatomical land marks

Video demonstration – 1 Surgical deglutology

• Position statements on dysphagia: Key take aways
• White papers in deglutology. The Global status
• Things that are still not clear. Grey areas in deglutology
• Venture towards establishing evidence-base: Where do I start?

• Obstructive Sleep Apnea & Dysphagia: Hiding in plain sight
• Gustatory and Chemesthetic functions: The last mile
• Dry needling in dysphagia
• Executing the DARS protocol
• Neuromodulation in deglutology
• Pharyngeal electrical stimulation

• Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation: Beyond the usual
• Tracheostomy weaning and swallowing
• IDDSI Implementation: How I did it
• Respiratory Muscle Strength Training
• Manual Therapy for Voice and Swallowing

• Technological advancements
• High resolution impedance manometry
• Computational Deglutology and Artificial Intelligence
• Recording swallow kinematics and sound
• Photobiomodulation
• TMS in Dysphagia Rehabilitation
• tDCS in Dysphagia Rehabilitation
• Technocal Talk

• The need for Epidemiology
• Interdisciplinary Advocacy
• SLPQuest – The vision forward
• Prospects of global collaboration in deglutology and beyond
• Technocal Talk

• Global Dysphagia Clinic - Neonatology & Paediatrics
• Global Dysphagia Clinic - Oncology
• Global Dysphagia Clinic - Neurology