Tools & Templates
When your child is having a FEES Handout Jul 31, 2023
https://peas.albertahealthservices.ca/Uploads/When%20Your%20Child%20is%20having%20a%20FEES.pdf?t=638264089103115436Oral Experiences Handout - Sensory Activities for Children Jul 21, 2023
https://peas.albertahealthservices.ca/Uploads/Oral%20Experiences%20-%20Sensory%20Activities%20for%20Children.pdf?t=638255504461927431Pediatric Feeding Disorder Infographic May 18, 2023
https://peas.albertahealthservices.ca/page/10562/Pediatric-Feeding-Disorder#nonePEAS Website posters & brochures May 10, 2023
https://peas.albertahealthservices.ca/page/10139/Education-MaterialsPEAS Business Cards Apr 27, 2023
https://peas.albertahealthservices.ca/Uploads/PEAS%20Business%20Cards.pdf?t=638182063583681768Videos
Chewing: What You Need to Know to Get Started Jun 27, 2023
https://peas.albertahealthservices.ca/page/10465#ChewingOral Feeding Your Preterm Newborn or Infant with Challenges Jun 27, 2023
https://peas.albertahealthservices.ca/page/10465#Oral_FeedingProfessional Development
Community of Practice: Ensuring Seamless Support for Pediatric Enteral Feeding Transitions April 4, 2024 2:30 - 4:00 PM Mar 11, 2024
https://peas.albertahealthservices.ca/page/10176/PEAS-Courses-Webinars#noneCommunity of Practice: Follow-up to Mental Health Session: Case Study Focus March 14, 2024 2:30 - 4:00 PM Mar 8, 2024
Community of Practice: Follow-up to Mental Health Session: Case study focus
March 14, 2:30-4:00pm
Description: We are continuing our conversation around mental health and eating, feeding and swallowing. We will be reviewing case studies.
https://peas.albertahealthservices.ca/page/10176/PEAS-Courses-Webinars#none
Community of Practice: Mental Health Landscape for Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing | January 11, 2024, 2:00-3:30pm Dec 21, 2023
Zoom link: https://albertahealthservices.zoom.us/j/62670032971?pwd=M2FpS3dMUmxQc1BJQmJ3RWVsdUtSQT09
Description: The goal of this community of practice is to review the current landscape of mental health supports across the province internal and external to AHS to support pediatric feeding and swallowing. There will be an overview of the NeuroRelational Framework (NRF) in relation to caregivers and children experiencing feeding difficulties. There will also be an introduction to observational tools to understand the caregiver child dyad. Note: We understand that mental health is a complex topic and therefore plan to host a series of sessions around this topic.
https://peas.albertahealthservices.ca/page/10176/PEAS-Courses-Webinars#noneCommunity of Practice: Tube Weaning | Sept 26, 2 PM Jun 28, 2023
https://peas.albertahealthservices.ca/page/10176/PEAS-Courses-Webinars#noneOther
PEAS wins HQCA Patient Experience Award! UPDATE - New video featuring families and AHS clinicians Sep 29, 2023
https://hqca.ca/improvement-stories/patient-experience-awards/award-recipients/PEAS wins HQCA Patient Experience Award!
Jun 28, 2023We are thrilled to announce that PEAS has won the Health Quality Council of Alberta Patient Experience award for 2023!
The Pediatric Eating and Swallowing (PEAS) Project was initiated because of a strong desire to improve care for children who have a feeding disorder. An estimated 35% of typically developing children and 80% of developmentally vulnerable children have eating and swallowing difficulties, associated with significant health risks, increased use of medical services, family stress, and expense. From the outset, PEAS focused on listening to and collaborating with families, creating a range of resources including an innovative, one-stop shop website for families and healthcare providers.
Over 3.5 years, PEAS has involved families in every aspect of the project including participation in committees, providing input on the website and materials, family feedback surveys, focus groups, participating in conferences, and sharing their stories in our workshops.
Acting on family input and driven by evidence, our outpatient and community care teams across Alberta worked together like peas in a pod to improve healthcare quality, resulting in fewer emergency visits and hospitalizations, more families receiving a care plan, more timely access to services, and a high satisfaction rating from families.
As part of the award, PEAS receives a $2000 education grant, a plaque, and a 5 minute video that will be released this fall to share our story.
This is such a rewarding way to recognize everyone’s efforts as we wrap up the project phase and a great reminder of the importance of family engagement, and how important it is to sustain this work.
Congratulations to all of the HQCA award winners and everyone involved in providing eating, feeding and swallowing care! PEAS take a bow!
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