Sue Ludwig is passionate about improving quality of life for infants who begin the journey early. She is the President and Founder of the National Association of Neonatal Therapists (NANT), an organization that supports therapists working with babies and families in the neonatal intensive care unit.

She is also the co-founder of Infant-Driven Feeding® created to advance oral feeding practice on a global level. She has been an occupational therapist at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center for over 20 years. She is driven to improve the culture of healthcare, armed with decades of experience speaking for those who cannot speak for themselves.

She received the Laura Edmunds Lectureship Award from UMass Memorial Medical Center and was awarded for her Individual Contribution to Maternal & Child Health by the National Perinatal Association.

Sue is a sought after speaker, consultant, writer and educator. She is also a published author and poet. Sue lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband and two teenage children.

Objectives:

• Identify normal and atypical feeding anatomy
• Understand the relationship between feeding and respiration
• Identify normal and abnormal feeding and swallowing patterns
• Identify commonly used feeding systems for special populations
• Describe Pierre Robin Sequence and subsequent airway effects
• Be familiar with transitional feeding stages