Day course on feeding difficulties
Suitable for professionals with some experience of feeding difficulties in practice
Lecture and practical workshop format
09.30am – 16.30pm
Outcomes
Lecture and practical workshop format
09.30am – 16.30pm
Outcomes
- Participants will be able to describe how feeding skills develop in infancy and early childhood.
- Participants will be able to identify reasons why infants and young children develop feeding difficulties.
- Participants will understand the effect of feeding difficulties on parental anxiety and consequent feeding strategies.
- Participants will be able to assess efficiently a child’s feeding skills and developmental stage of food acceptance.
- Participants will be able to give advice to parents about feeding difficulties that is based on current learning theory and evidence based practice.
COURSE AGENDA
09:30-10:00 10:00-11:00 11:00-11:15 11:15-12.15 12.15-13:00 13:00-14:00 14:00-15:00 15:00-15:15 15:15-16:15 16.15-16:30 |
Arrival and Registration Normal feeding development – how children learn the skills of feeding, including oral-motor skills, likes and dislikes of food and social interaction during mealtimes Coffee Break Practical session on food acceptance, motor and sensory experiences – exploring our own likes and dislikes and how we are influenced by the look, smell and feel of food Lunch Why feeding goes wrong – looking at the interactions between medical factors, experience of food in early childhood, child temperament and child/parent interaction Parental anxiety and effect on feeding strategies Tea break Case studies and interventions – the chance to apply some theory to practice, using real life cases Concluding remarks |