"SWALLOWING AND FEEDING DISORDERS-I, Course Code (SFD-301) & "SWALLOWING AND FEEDING DISORDERS-II Course Code (SFD-412) (SLP): Organization & Socities

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association for 241,000 members, certificate holders, and affiliates who are audiologists; speech-language pathologists; speech, language, and hearing scientists; audiology and speech-language pathology assistants; and students.

The National Foundation of Swallowing Disorders was founded in August 2006 as a national, independent, 501(c)(3) not for profit organization. Inspired by the limitations of available treatments and the struggles, challenges and sheer bravery of patients suffering from Dysphagia, founding member and leading Otolayrangologist Dr. Peter Belafsky, speech pathologist and Dysphagia consultant Jan Pryor and Dysphagia patient Sonia Blue began creating their vision of a Foundation that would grow to be a leading resource for Dysphagia education, patient/caregiver support and serve as a clearinghouse for cutting edge research

IAPFS is an international group of multi-disciplinary clinicians who treat pediatric feeding disorders.
Purpose of IAPFS is:
To join together professionals interested in the feeding and swallowing disorders of children into a single organization that will promote dialogue across the multiple specialties;