This is the Swalier Pride Podcast and today's guest is Jill Rabin. She's a pediatric SLP and International Board certified lactation consultant who's been working with the birth to three-year-old population since 1986.

She is based in the north suburbs of Chicago, where she has a private practice working with

young babies and their families, to evaluate and provide treatment for feeding and speech language issues.

Her areas of specialty include facilitating breastfeeding and at-risk populations

such as pre-term infants, babies with tethered oral tissues, and babies with down syndrome.

She uses her adapted baby-led weaning approach to transition babies with feeding challenges

to solids.

She advocates for responsive and child- feeding approaches to improve feeding skills in infants and babies with feeding aversion.

She contributed two chapters to the book Breastfeeding and Down Syndrome and has written three blog posts about

breastfeeding and Down Syndrome on the Julia's Way website. She co-authored a book entitled

Your Baby Can Sell Feed 2 with Jill Rappley about the adapted baby lead weaning approach. She has been featured

on multiple podcasts regarding breastfeeding and bottle refusal, breastfeeding and Down syndrome,

and use of her adapted baby lead weaning approach with babies of feeding challenges.

She speaks nationally and internationally on these topics. Welcome to the Swallier Pride Podcast. I'm your host Teresa Richard. I'm a board

certified specialist in swallowing and

swallowing disorders, and founder of the

Med-SLP collective and Med SLP education.

This podcast is dedicated to delivering the latest evidence-based practice

to medical SLPs everywhere, while also recognizing

that medical SLPs everywhere are doing the best with what they've got.

Whether you are a new clinician seeking tangible tools for therapy or a seasoned vet stuck in a rut, my goal is simple to help you advance

your practice without feeling overwhelmed or underappreciated.

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