035 – Ramya Kumar M.S., CCC-SLP – How Do I Get To Work in the NICU? What Makes a Neonatal Therapist vs. a Peds Therapist? And the Importance of Making Long Term Changes at the Early Stage.
Swallow Your Pride Podcast
Theresa Richard, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
4.8 • 899 Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2018
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Are you just *DYING* to work in the NICU? Have no fear, Ramya Kumar is here in this episode to help you get started.
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| 0:00.0 | This is episode 35 of the Swallier Pride Podcast and today we're finally going to talk more about Pedes. |
| 0:06.5 | We're going to talk about babies and the NICU. |
| 0:09.2 | And our guest today is Ramia Kumar. |
| 0:11.7 | She is a last four years in both pediatric and adult hospital settings. |
| 0:23.5 | Ramiya is passionate about creating mealtime success for her patients and |
| 0:27.1 | families from the medically fragile NICU babies and beyond. |
| 0:30.8 | She's committed to ongoing education and research in the field of pediatric |
| 0:34.1 | feeding difficulties and has presented findings at the local and national forums |
| 0:38.3 | including Ash's Health and Business Institute as well as the Feeding Matters |
| 0:42.4 | conference. Ramiya is currently and Business Institute as well as the Feeding Matters Conference. |
| 0:44.0 | Ramia is currently pursuing Board Certification and Swallowing Disorders through the American |
| 0:48.0 | Board of Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders and Chorzawooders and Cholomewation |
| 0:51.6 | as well as Oro-Facial, myofunctional disorders in an effort to better serve her patients. |
| 0:57.0 | Welcome to the Swallow Your Pride Podcast. |
| 1:01.0 | I'm your host, Teresa Richard, I'm a board certified specialist in |
| 1:04.1 | swallowing and swallowing disorders, and I know firsthand how much confusing and |
| 1:08.5 | conflicting information there is out there about how we assess and treat |
| 1:11.9 | swallowing disorders. This podcast is all about bringing everyone |
| 1:15.6 | together, getting on the same page, being open to new ideas, and using evidence-based treatment |
| 1:20.8 | strategies for our patients with dysphagia. |
| 1:23.8 | So let's get into it. |
| 1:29.2 | Hello everyone, welcome back. |
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