LMNT Practice topics:
Resources for Dietitians
Who Work With Children That Have Special Health Care Needs
Licensed Medical Nutrition Therapy (LMNT)
A Medical Nutrition Therapist assesses the nutritional status of patients. Medical Nutrition Therapy involves the assessment of patient nutritional status followed by treatment, ranging from diet modification to specialized nutrition support, such as determining nutrient needs for enteral and parenteral nutrition, and monitoring to evaluate patient response to such treatment.
The Nebraska Health and Human Services System web page: hhs.state.ne.us/crl/mhcs/nutrition/nutrition.htm provides detailed information for - requirements, application, regulation and registering complaints about LMNT.
Resources for Dietitians Who Work With Children That Have Special Health Care Needs
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Web sites:
http://www.telability.org/index.pl
TelAbility is an innovative, community oriented, interdisciplinary program that uses
telecommunications to improve the lives of children with disabilities. Using real time
video-conferencing and internet technologies, TelAbility provides comprehensive, coordinated,
family centered care to children with disabilities across North Carolina and offers education,
training, and peer support for people who care for them.
http://www.brightfutures.org
Bright Futures is a vision, a philosophy, a set of expert guidelines, and a practical
developmental approach to providing health supervision for children and adolescents from
birth through age 21. Special topic areas include Nutrition, Oral Health, Mental Health,
Physical Activity, and Families.
Source for the 2000 CDC growth charts for infants, Birth to 36 month, and children 2 to 20 years. Site also provides background information and a presentation on the new growth charts.
http://www.mchb.hrsa.gov/chusa02/
Web site for Child Health USA, a compilation of data on health status and service
needs of Americas children.
A web site for the National Center for Biotechnology Information. This site contains the OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man) a catalog of information on genetic disorders.
http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu
A web site for Family Village A Global Community of Disability-Related Resources
which provides information and resources to families and service providers.
The site is maintained by the Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Website with description and an order form for Nutrition Focus for Children with Special Health Care Needs a bimonthly newsletter from the University of Washington, Center on Human Development and Disability. Feature articles highlight a specific disorder or nutrition concern and offer practical suggestions for nutrition assessment and intervention strategies, case studies, and references and resources for clients, families and health care professionals.
http://depts.washington.edu/cshcnnut/
Web site for information on Nutrition for Children with Special Health Care Needs in
Washington State, a collaboration between the Children with Special Health Care Needs
Program in the Department of Health, and the Center on Human Development and Disability at
the University Washington in Seattle, WA.
Web site for Assuring Pediatric Nutrition in the Community a project to provide training and resources to community dietitians to assure quality pediatric nutrition care in Washington State. Contains information on a variety of different topics and provides guidelines for Evaluation of Nutritional Status and Failure to Thrive/Growth Failure.
http://staff.washington.edu/growing/
Web site for Gaining and Growing: Assuring Nutritional Care of Preterm Infants,
a site designed to provide information to community health professionals who
work with premature infants, especially those with very low birthweight (< 1500 grams).
Nutrition Interventions for Children with Special Health Care Needs. Washington State Department of Health. March 2001.372 pages including a glossary and index; 21 chapters; 21 appendices. Developed by the Children with Special Health Care Needs Program in conjunction with the Center on Human Development and Disability at the University of Washington. DOH Publication number 961-158; Cost, $15 per copy. Checks and Money Orders payable in US funds to: Department of Health Revenue Section. Mail to: Washington State Department of Health, Revenue Section, PO Box 1099, Olympia, WA 98507-1099
Bright Futures Publications: These can be downloaded from the Web site or ordered as print copies.
- Story M, Holt K, Sofka D, eds 2000. Bright Futures in Practice: Nutrition. Arlington VA: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health. Second edition, revised, will be available in March 2002 for a cost of $32/copy.
- Bright Futures in Practice: Nutrition (2nd Edition) Pocket Guide (available March 2002) $10/copy.
- BF Nutrition Family Fact Sheets, $10/set
- Nutrition Set (Includes BF in Practice: Nutrition (2nd ed) + Nutrition Pocket Guide + Nutrition Family Fact Sheets) $40/set.
- Online orders: www.brightfutures.org. Phone orders (301) 279-8890; Mail Orders to: Bright Futures Distribution Center; c/o Rockville Mailing Service; Dept. B; 751 East Gude Drive; Rockville, MD 20850-1356