Kate Miller

Kate Miller is the Feeding & Disability Specialist at SPOON, a global nonprofit that focuses on the feeding and nutrition needs of children with disabilities and children without family care. She is a speech-language pathologist and certified lactation consultant with over 14 years of experience working with infants and children and their families. At SPOON, she designs, develops, and implements feeding & disability training, tools, assessments, and interventions in support of SPOON's programs globally. Kate supports the design, implementation, and evaluation of an mHealth app, called Count Me In, which facilitates nutrition and feeding care for children with disabilities. She has authored several training curricula and online courses on a variety of topics and has facilitated training for technical and non-technical audiences, through traditional and distance learning platforms. In addition, she has supported the design and development of the SPOON Chair, a low-cost seating solution to support safe and dignified meals for children with disabilities. Prior to joining SPOON, she worked in healthcare settings providing assessment and intervention for infants and children with a focus on pediatric feeding and swallowing, lectured in graduate-level classes, and provided clinical education and mentorship to graduate students.