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Who is the CPFT Certification actually for? 🤔

11 Feb 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief conversational segment, Hallie Bulkin and a co‑speaker discuss which professionals are best suited for the Certified Pediatric Feeding Therapist (CPFT) credential. They consider whether speech‑language pathologists (SLPs), occupational therapists (OTs), or physical therapists (PTs) should aim for the certification and emphasize the importance of foundational training such as the "Feed the Peds" program and various neuro‑developmental techniques (NDT, Beckman, Moss). The speakers suggest that while these preparatory courses provide valuable background, candidates need to integrate that knowledge and possess a certain level of clinical experience before tackling the CPFT exam.

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So, okay, so who should take CPFT versus like, let's say someone who should wait or like, is there someone that you feel like would be ideal to enter into the CPFT as a SLP.
Or OT or even a PT in feeding? I would say I still think you need to take feed the PEDs. That's just me. And I've taken everything NDT courses, you know, Beckman, back in the day. No, Moss, back in the 1900s. You know, whatever. Way back in the day. You know all I was in the 1900s. But you know, all of those things that I couldn't SOS everything, all the things you hear, but it never I couldn't pull all that together. Be the peeds helped was great, but I wanted to go further.