Training for Health Care Professionals (inc. Dietitians)

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New workshop launched - September 23rd 2026

Register here:  https://events.humanitix.com/responsive-and-affirming-feeding-therapy-foundations-workshop-for-healthcare-professionals-september-2026 

Who should attend?

Any healthcare professional or educator who works in or has an interest in supporting children and families with eating by mouth or tube, infant feeding and/or delivers feeding therapy interventions We welcome all health care professionals and educators including (but not limited to) Dietitians, Speech Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, Lactation Consultants, Midwives, Psychologists, Physiotherapists, Continence Clinicians, Nurses, Medical Practitioners,  Social Workers, Teachers and Educators.

Workshop outline

 The workshop will cover the following topics:

• Differentiating between eating and feeding presentations: Eating/feeding differences including sensitive/cautious eaters in the early years, paediatric feeding disorders and ARFID 
• Responsive feeding therapy foundations
• Neurodiversity-affirming eating and feeding supports
• The ‘tilt’ concept to assist you to assess feeding dynamics and relationships between feeding partners and those who are eating or feeding
• Assessment techniques throughout the different ages and stages to support you to understand some of the unique situations that arise and how you can support using a responsive approach 
• Understanding eating and feeding cues and how to work with families and supporters around pressure, communication (as the foundation of eating behaviours) and feeding cues, including those who eat by mouth and/or receive nutrition via feeding tube 
• Shaping responsive feeding therapy interventions, including caregiver coaching models and direct feeding therapy 
• Case studies using a responsive feeding and neurodiversity-affirming approach 
• Q&A

Workshop objectives

•  Participants will increase their understanding of what responsive feeding is (and isn’t) and how to apply a responsive lens to all the work that you do with individuals and families
• Participants will understand the importance of neurodiversity-affirming feeding intervention supports
• Participants will increase their confidence in assessing feeding practices from birth through to adulthood
• Participants will increase their understanding of how to assess eating and feeding differences using a responsive, affirming and strengths-based lens
• Participants will utilise their reflective practice skills in relation to how they are supporting families using a responsive feeding framework
• Participants will increase their confidence and competence to deliver direct responsive feeding therapy interventions in a timely and individualised manner, and build their clinical reasoning skills in relation to goal setting, case formulation and decision making to undertake direct feeding therapy

Workshop details

•  This workshop will be facilitated live online 
• The workshop will include further readings, ideas for resources and further learning 
• You will receive bonus access to
  • A webinar to support you to undertake paediatric feeding differential diagnosis (including developmental eating differences, Paediatric Feeding Disorder and ARFID)
  • 2x recorded case studies using a responsive feeding therapy and affirming approach to support your learning
• A certificate of attendance will be provided to you following the workshop
• This workshop contributes 9 hours of continuing professional development hours
• Live attendance to the workshop is highly recommended
• This workshop will be recorded. A recording will be available for a 60-day period after the live workshop occurs. Additional fees apply ($50 +GST) for 60 day content access extensions after the 60-day period. Workshop recordings may be used for external purposes at the discretion of the organiser. By enrolling in the workshop, you consent to this workshop recording being used at the discretion of the organiser.

Places are limited, enrol now: Register here:  https://events.humanitix.com/responsive-and-affirming-feeding-therapy-foundations-workshop-for-healthcare-professionals-september-2026