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PEDIATRIC FEEDING REQUIRES AN ORGANIZED WAY OF THINKING 🧠

4 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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In this opening monologue, Hallie Bulkin explores why some pediatric feeding clinicians evolve into leaders of complex feeding cases while others remain stuck executing incomplete plans. She argues that the difference isn’t about individual skill level but stems from a deeper lack of a shared conceptual framework and mentorship. Bulkin emphasizes that pediatric feeding practice demands an organized way of thinking—a skill most clinicians were never formally taught. She reframes professional growth as the refinement of existing knowledge rather than merely acquiring more information, setting the stage for a discussion on structured thinking, mentorship, and systematic clinical reasoning in pediatric feeding.

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Why do some clinicians eventually lead feeding cases while others stay stuck executing plans that just never quite feel done or straightforward? This distinction matters, my friends, not because one clinician is better, but because something deeper is shaping the work. What happens when highly skilled clinicians like yourself are working without a shared framework or mentorship? Pediatric feeding requires an organized way of thinking. Most of us were never formally taught that. The growth that we're seeking as therapists is not necessarily just simply about learning more, it's about refining what we know.