Description
Clinicians who engage in work with older children around picky eating issues must navigate the value and significance of each child's trust journey with food while empowering them to expand their eating on their own terms. Leading our clients through practical and validating experiences while supporting them with gentle facilitation can open the door for growth and self acceptance. By teaching our clients how to gain autonomy and control, and helping caregivers change the dynamic at home, we can provide a service that will last a lifetime. Four general themes will be explored to achieve this goal: understanding their eating, discovering and supporting their appetite (including the role played by anxiety), rehabilitating their relationship with food, and learning to like new foods. Working with the client to set goals for their own eating, to reframe their experiences with food, and to learn a new food language are aspects of intervention that require a different set of skills than when working with the toddler or preschool population. Through lecture, video examples, and thought exercises, we will explore this topic to better understand how to effectively treat this population.
Instructor
Speech-Language Pathologist
Jenny McGlothlin, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC
Jenny has been a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist for 23 years and is also a Certified Lactation Counselor. At the UT Dallas Callier Center, she specializes in diagnostics and treatment of children with feeding challenges from birth through adolescence. She is the co-author of two books, Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating and Conquer Picky Eating for Teens and Adults, which can be found at www.extremepickyeating.com
CEUs
Certificates will be issued verifying participation in 1.5 hours of continuing education once a passing grade is received on the quiz. Check with your professional organizations licensing bodies to determine exactly what may be accepted for you. This course is eligible for ASHA’s professional development hour requirements. You will not require ASHA pre-approval for this. See here [https://www.asha.org/certification/FactDef/] for more information. As we are based in Illinois, we are more confident that our events count towards our local organizations (e.g. ILOTA). Our events are not formally submitted through any registry, however if you track your hours independently they may count towards your professional development requirements, and your certificate may stand as proof of your participation. We also submit for credit approval with the Illinois Early Intervention Training Program. This is not required for all states, and may not apply to you. Please refer to your state/local organization for further information regarding CEU requirements and if our events are considered eligible activities by their standards.
Cancellations
Cancellations must be in writing and will incur a $10 fee. If more than 10% of the course has been viewed, we are unable to issue a refund. If the Chicago Feeding Group or speaker should need to remove the course, course fees will be refunded or transferred to another course at the discretion of the participant.