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Emily Jones BAppSci (SpPath), MSpchLangTher (Hons), MNZSTA
Senior Professional Clinician
Institute of EducationEmily has specialised in paediatric feeding and swallowing since 2001. She was Senior Specialist at Southwark Primary Care Trust, coordinating the Paediatric Dysphagia service for that London Borough. Emily completed her advanced practitioner training in Paediatric Dysphagia at Manchester Metropolitan University in 2003. In 2006 after moving to Auckland, she became Clinical Service Leader for Paediatric Speech-Language Therapy at Waitemata District Health Board. This involved leading the speech-language therapy service in the Special Care Baby units at North Shore and Waitakere Hospitals, Rangatira Unit (paediatric inpatients) at Waitakere Hospital, the Child Development Services in north and west Auckland the Rehabilitation Unit at the Wilson Home.
During her time at WDHB, Emily helped lead the Food for Flourishing Programme at Waitakere Hospital. This was an innovative 3-week programme that supported children and their families transition from their feeding tubes to being able to eat and drink by mouth. This programme continues and is now based at Starship Children's Hospital. As well as helping to transition children off their feeding tubes, Emily wrote guidelines for the Fun with Food Programme at WDHB. This was an outpatient transdisciplinary group programme to help children who have delayed feeding skills due to their medical condition and/or delayed introduction to solids.
Emily was appointed to the role of Clinical Educator at 淘料视频 in 2012. The Paediatric and Infant Feeding and Nutrition Centre (PiFAN) at 淘料视频 was created the same year, and the ACTIVEating Programme was developed. This programme is interdisciplinary in which Speech-language therapy and dietetic students assess and treat children with feeding difficulties. This clinic supports children as young as 6 months to 18 years and their families with limited dietary intake due to oral motor sensory difficulties, developmental difficulties or maybe typically developing but taking less than thirty foods in their diet and maybe refusing whole food groups or textures. The speech-language therapy and dietetic students also work together through 淘料视频 Adult Dysphagia Simulation Workshops using International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI) implementation methods to produce textured foods and fluids for dysphagia patients.
Emily coordinates and teaches the Paediatric Dysphagia & Feeding Disorders Course to final year Bachelor of Speech-Language Therapy (Honours) students in Semester One at the Auckland campus. In 2016 she completed her Master's thesis- Factors contributing to paediatric tube feeding dependency: The Speech-Language Therapist's perspective. Emily was an invited member of the Clinical Network for Paediatric Tube Feeding coordinated by the Paediatric Society of New Zealand. This is a multidisciplinary group focused on the needs of tube dependent children and their families. She was invited to be the Expert Advisor for Paediatric Feeding and Swallowing for the New Zealand Speech-Language Therapists' Association (NZSTA) in 2017. She was recently invited to be on the Technical Advisory Group for the Ministry of Health, to review and help write their Infant, Toddler Feeding and Nutrition guidelines. and is a PhD candidate at Massey Univerisity, part of the Health Research Council-funded First Foods NZ project.
Emily has been a Speech -Language Therapist for over 20 years and has specialised in the area of infant and paediatic feeding and swallowing difficulties since 2001. In 2012 Emily joined 淘料视频 as a Clinical Educator and lecturer for the Bachelor of Speech-Language Therapy (Honours) Programme. She coordinates the ACTIVEating clinic in conjunction with the Nutrition and Dietetics department (College of Health). Emily completed her Masters of Speech-Language Therapy in 2016; her project focused on the factors contributing to paediatric tube feeding dependency in New Zealand, She is currently a PHD candidate through the College of Health.
Professional
Contact details
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Ph: 09 414 0800 ext. 43532
Location: Innovation Complex
Campus: Auckland
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Applied Science (Speech Pathology) - University of Sydney (1997)
- Master of Speech Language Therapy (Honours) - 淘料视频 (2016)
Fellowships and Memberships
- Member, New Zealand Speech-language therapist's Association (Full) (2004)
Prizes and Awards
- New Zealand Speech-language Therapist's Association Research Grant - New Zealand Speech-language Therapist's Association (2024)
- Doctoral Scholarship recipient - 淘料视频 (2020)
Research Expertise
Research Interests
INFANTS & FIRST FOODS- Emily specialises in paediatric feeding and swallowing wiith a particular interest in early feeding practices ( spoon feeding, baby led weaning, adpated baby led weaning and traditional early feeding methods).
FEEDING DIFFICULTIES: Emily coordinates a paediatric feeding clinic on campus and via telepractice to assist children and their families with picky eating, Paediatric Feeding Disorder & Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder.
Thematics
Health and Well-being, Future Food Systems
Area of Expertise
Field of research codes
Medical And Health Sciences (110000)
Keywords
Paediatric Dysphagia
Infant Feeding
Paediatric Feeding
Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
ACTIVEating
Feeding Difficulties
Feeding Disorders
Tube feeding
Picky/Fussy Eating
Research Outputs
Journal
[Journal article]Authored by: Beck, K., Conlon, C., Firestone, R., Jones, E., Te Morenga, L.
[Journal article]Authored by: Beck, K., Conlon, C., Jones, E., Te Morenga, L.
[Journal article]Authored by: Beck, K., Conlon, C., Jones, E., Te Morenga, L.
[Journal article]Authored by: Beck, K., Conlon, C., Jones, E., Paul, R., Te Morenga, L.
[Journal article]Authored by: Beck, K., Conlon, C., Jones, E., Te Morenga, L.
[Journal article]Authored by: Beck, K., Conlon, C., Jones, E., Te Morenga, L.
[Journal article]Authored by: Jones, E.
Conference
[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Beck, K., Conlon, C., Jones, E., Te Morenga, L.
[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Beck, K., Conlon, C., Jones, E., Te Morenga, L.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Jones, E.
Thesis
[Masters Thesis]Authored by: Jones, E.
Consultancy and Languages
Consultancy
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April, 2017 - Present
- New Zealand Speech Language Therapists
Expert Adviser for Paediatric Feeding and Swallowing -
January, 2019-
- Ministry of Health
Member of the Technical Advisory Group to review the Infant and Toddler Dietary Guidelines. -
February 2012- Present
- College of Health- Paediatric and Infant Feeding and Nutrition Centre (PiFAN)
Speech -Language Therapist and coordinator of the ACTIVEating Programme -
September 2015- Present
- Ministry of Health-Paediatric Society of New Zealand
Member of the Clinical Network for Paediatric Tube Feeding
Media and Links
Other Links
- - Emily is the Expert Advisor for Paediatric Feeding and Swallowing for the New Zealand Speech Language Therapists' Association.
- - FFNZ aims to report on the early feeding methods such as Baby-led weaning (BLW) and the use of baby food pouches (BFP) compared to traditional spoon-feeding (TSP), and how these relate to growth and d
- ACTIVEating Clinic - Advancing Children Therapeutically in Variety Eating (ACTIVEating) Programme
- - IDDSI & Student Interprofessional Practice: 淘料视频鈥檚 IDDSI Case-based Modified Food Texture Workshop
- - Emily is a member of the National Clinical Network for Paediatric Tube Feeding. This is multidisciplinary group of professionals striving for best practice for tube fed children and their families
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- - Radio interview discussing the differences between restricted eating as opposed to being fussy with food. Red flags for restricted eating and ideas to help families given.
- - The Sunday Programme at TVNZ featured the ACTIVEating programme as part of the documentary- "The Secret Lives of Fussy Eaters". (30th July, 2017)
- - Emily features in this multidisciplinary webinar for the Clinical Network for Paediatric Tube Feeding.
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