Understanding Responsive Feeding – 1 of 3

Jenny McGlothlin, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC, is a certified speech-language pathologist and certified lactation counselor specializing in the evaluation and treatment of feeding disorders for children from birth through the teen years. She has been practicing for 20+ years and during that time, developed the STEPS feeding program at the Callier Center for Communication Disorders at the University of Texas at Dallas where she works with families on a daily basis to foster feeding skills that will serve a child for a lifetime. Her passion is teaching children how to eat when they just can’t figure it out on their own, and McGlothlin has been inducted into the Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Hall of Fame for her work in the field. She recently served as the Vice President for Social and Governmental Policy for the TSHA, advocating for the profession and for the ethical treatment of the consumers who receive speech and feeding/swallowing services.McGlothlin has spent many years teaching graduate-level courses on feeding as well as early child development, and supervises graduate students in their clinical rotations. She frequently provides feeding workshops for parents and continuing education seminars and webinars for therapists, nationally and internationally. She has co-authored two books, Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating and Conquer Picky Eating for Teens and Adults with Katja Rowell, MD and is a frequent guest on podcasts, television, and print media. As a mother of three school-aged children, McGlothlin makes family meals a priority amidst practices, games, and volunteer activities.