Sensory Food Aversion in Infants
As a lactation care provider, what do you do when you encounter a breastfeeding challenge where the usual strategies just don’t explain what is happening—such as where a baby refuses the breast despite a good latch, or arches away during feeding for reasons you can’t quite pinpoint?
This course opens a new avenue for understanding complex situations through the lens of sensory food aversion—a neurological sensitivity affecting taste, texture, and oral stimulation that impacts up to 25% of children born full-term—and up to 75% of those born prematurely.
Covered in this course
- The impact of oral hypersensitivity on latch, breast refusal, milk transfer, weight gain, and feeding behaviors
- Clinical signs of sensory-based feeding aversion versus other causes of breast refusal
- Desensitization massage and its application to breastfeeding challenges
- How to identify red flags, when to refer, and how to build a multidisciplinary support team
Instructor Carole Hervé, IBCLC, provides a course perfect for those with no knowledge of sensory processing, yet deep enough to provide a solid understanding of its profound role in infant feeding. Get ready to add an exciting new lens to how you view lactation challenges, their causes, and their solutions.
Accreditation Recognition:
- 3 Nursing Contact Hours (through May 2, 2029)
- 2.5 L-CERPs (through May 2, 2028)
Lactation Education Resources has been accepted by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners® (IBLCE®) as a Preferred Provider for the listed Continuing Education Recognition Points (CERPs) programme. Determination of CERPs eligibility or CERPs Provider status does not imply IBLCE’s endorsement or assessment of education quality. As a Preferred Provider, Lactation Education Resources attests that it complies with the WHO Code and subsequent WHA resolutions.
Price: $65