Top 5 Things Impacting Mealtimes

Top 5 Things Impacting Mealtimes

Mealtime difficulties are rarely just about food. This practical webinar explores five common factors that can affect a child’s eating outside of just the food. Participants will learn to recognise key signs, consider appropriate screening and referral pathways, and understand how to use responsive, pressure-free feeding practices.

Learning objectives

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Identify physiological factors impacting eating
2. List appropriate pathways to assess these factors
3. Understand how oral motor skills needed for eating and how these skills impact food choices
4. Describe how pressure can affect a child’s regulation, food learning and relationship with eating.
5. Apply responsive feeding principles and the Division of Responsibility to support safer, calmer and more positive mealtimes.

Presented by

Pippa van Wijk, Occupational Therapist - Brisbane Feeding Clinic