Center for Behavior Analysis
Introduction
The Feeding and Swallowing Center at St. Joseph's Children’s Hospital is one of a few centers in the work with a full-time medical, behavioral, and therapeutic staff dedicated to the assessment and treatment of pediatric feeding and swallowing issues.
The Feeding and Swallowing Center offers a unique, systematic, multidisciplinary approach to the assessment and treatment for pediatric feeding and swallowing. Our approach focuses on the medical, motor, and learned patterns that often accompany these problems.
For more information about our programs and feeding problems, please click on the Wellness @ Work Logo below.
This month's topic, Feeding and Swallowing, is presented by
Dr. William J. Roche
Services
The South Satellite Office of the Center for Feeding and Swallowing offers the following services:
- Initial screenings for feeding problems (not eating enough, not eating a variety of food, mealtime problems, gagging, vomiting, and other problems related to eating and growth).
- Outpatient treatment services in Glassboro when appropriate
- Consultations with the staff at the Center for Feeding adn swallowing in Paterson, NJ through the state-of-the-art videoconferencing capabilities (eFEEDTM). These consultations may occur in the Glassboro office with parents, the child, and other professionals in the region, when indicated.
Staff
MaryLouise E. Kerwin, Ph.D., BCBA-D
Director, The South Satellite Office of the Center for Feeding and Swallowing
Dr. Kerwin is the former Co-Director of the Center for Pediatric Feeding and Dysphagia at Children’s Seashore House/The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Kerwin co-directed this program from 1987-1996 with Dr. Peggy Eicher, the current Medical Director of St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital’s Center for Feeding and Swallowing. Dr. Kerwin is a nationally recognized expert in the assessment and treatment of pediatric feeding problems.
Contact Information
For more information, please call 856-689-2093.
Directions
Shpeen Hall
40 N Academy Street
Glassboro, NJ 08028
Phone | 610-689-2093
To Mapquest directions,
use 39 State Street, Glassboro
From Route 55 S (Philadelphia and North)
Take Rte 55 South to exit 50A. Take Rte 322 East. Continue through the center of campus to the light at North Main Street. (Landmark Restaurant will be on left.) Bear right on State Street. Continue through the next stop sign (4 way intersection). Proceed straight through intersection. Parking lot is on immediate right.
From Delsea Drive
From Donald Barger Boulevard, take Delsea Drive to traffic light at New Street. Turn right on New Street. At the stop sign (4-way intersection) turn left on State Street. Parking lot is on immediate right.
From Route 322 East (Points West)
Take Commodore Barry Bridge to Rte 322 East (15 miles) to the campus. Pass the campus on your left. Continue on Rt. 322. Continue through the center of campus to the light at North Main Street. (Landmark Restaurant will be on left.) Bear right on State Street. Continue through the next stop sign (4 way intersection). Proceed straight through intersection. Parking lot is on immediate right.
From Route 322 West (Points East)
Follow Route 322 West to the campus. Continue through the center of campus to the light at North Main Street (Landmark Restaurant will be on left.) Bear right on State Street. Continue through the next stop sign (4 way intersection). Proceed straight through intersection. Parking lot is on immediate right.
From the South (Maryland, Delaware)
Take I–95 N to the Delaware Memorial Bridge. Take N.J. Turnpike N to Exit 2 and take Route 322 East. At the first traffic light (3 miles) turn right and then bear left (.4 miles) to stay on Rt. 322. Continue on Rt. 322. Continue through the center of campus to the light at North Main Street. (Landmark Restaurant will be on left.) Bear right on State Street. Continue through the next stop sign (4 way intersection). Proceed straight through intersection. Parking lot is on immediate right.
After parking, enter the building using the door to your right. Use speaker button labeled St. Joe's Feeding Program to the right to ask to be rung up. Take elevator to 3rd floor. Go through doorway in front of you, and our office is to the right in the foyer with green chairs.
Page revised
8/15/11
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