The Rocky Mountain Fragile Infant Feeding Institute (FIFI)

The Rocky Mountain Fragile Infant Feeding Institute is a weeklong intensive study of feeding and nutrition for infants with special needs being offered over the next two years. The faculty will address the feeding of infants with typical difficulties from prematurity such as bronchopulmonary dysplasia, gastroesopha-geal reflux, failure to thrive, etc or born with congenital anomalies. Particular emphasis will be placed on the developmental aspects of infant feeding, supporting the infant-parent relationship in support of feeding, as well as the development of systems and evaluation of outcomes. CEU's will be offered by the University of Colorado School of Nursing.

Faculty 

Joy Browne, Ph.D., RN, Project Director
Erin Ross, MA, CCC-SLP, Education Coordinator
Suzanne Smith-Sharp, Event Coordinator
Shirley Babler, RD, HCP Dietitian, Key Consultant

Additional conference faculty:
Nationally recognized faculty will include experts in infant feeding and nutrition. Dr. Pamela McKenzie and Dr. Nancy Krebs will provide expertise in the nutritional and medical aspects of feeding. Lisbeth Gabrielksi, RN, BSN, IBCLC will share her expertise in breastfeeding and nutrition. Dr. Kay Toomey will address psychological implications of feeding and gastroesophageal reflux. Dianne Maroney, RN, and Suzanne Smith-Sharp, BS, are both parents who had pre-term infants with feeding difficulties.

Funding Sources: 

Maternal and Child Health Grant for continuing education.

For more information: www.uchsc.edu/sm/peds/cfii

JFK Partners

University of Colorado Denver

13121 E. 17^th Ave, C234

Aurora, CO 80045

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