[Dysphagia] Homemade Blended Formula Handbook

[sem at new-vis.com (Suzanne Morris)]

Questions about creating homemade blended formulas for children who  
are tube fed are asked intermittently by members of this list.   
Getting support from professionals and knowing where to begin and how  
to develop and customize a formula for a child create challenges for  
everyone.   For several years Marsha Dunn Klein and I have been  
collecting information from parents and writing the Homemade Blended  
Formula Handbook.  It is finally finished and is at the publisher.   
We expect the book to be ready for delivery in early September.

This collection of 35 reproducible chapters and 16 food references  
charts has been written by both of us (Marsha Dunn Klein MEd., OTR/L  
and Suzanne Evans Morris, PhD, CCC-SLP) as well as parents of  
children who are fed by tube, a physician (Sanford Newmark, MD), and  
two dietitians (Ellen Duperret, RD and Jude Trautlein, RD). The book  
is designed as a reference and ?how to? for parents and professionals  
who together are making the choice to try a homemade blended diet for  
tube feeding.

Although it is targeted primarily at a pediatric population, much of  
the book is highly appropriate for adults.

Detailed information on the book, including a listing of chapters and  
an article, ?An Introduction to Homemade Blended Formulas? is  
available at
www.mealtimenotions.com/HomemadeBlendedFormulaHandbook.htm

Suzanne & Marsha


Suzanne Evans Morris, Ph.D.
Speech-Language Pathologist
New Visions
1124 Roberts Mountain Rd.
Faber, VA 22938
(434) 361-2285 ext. 5
www.new-vis.com

Marsha Dunn Klein MEd, OTR/L
Mealtime Notions
PO 35432
Tucson, AZ 85740
520-297-8886
http://www.mealtimenotions.com