Live via Zoom

Blending Success: The Role of Smoothies
in Supporting PFD and ARFID

with Marsha Dunn Klein, OTR/L, M. Ed., FAOTA and Bre Robison, OTR/L, M.S.

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Join us live via Zoom!

August 14, 2025
6:00-8:00pm (CT)

Course Description

Smoothies can be a game changer in the treatment and support of Pediatric Feeding Disorders (PFD) and Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID). They offer a predictable way to present a variety of nutrition in forms that worried eaters can enjoy and accept.

This course will explore how to partner with children, families, and older individuals who struggle with food variation in their diets. We'll use the concept of a "stretch" to carefully introduce change for those who prefer familiarity and routine. Throughout the course, we'll provide specific goal ideas and practical strategies.

Consistent with all Get Permission courses, we'll focus on creating opportunities for growth while allowing progress to follow each individual's unique pace and comfort level.

In this 2 hour webinar, you will learn to:

  • Identify the reasons to consider smoothie making in feeding therapy

  • Define smoothie making as a “stretch”

  • Analyze the sensory characteristics of smoothies and the research that may support smoothies

  • List health risks that may occur with lack of fruits or vegetables in a diet

  • List specific smoothie stretches from water, pouches, and yogurt

  • Describe how principles of responsive feeding can be incorporated into smoothie opportunities

Audience

This intermediate level course is appropriate for Pediatric dietitians, feeding therapists, OTs, SLPs, PTs, assistants, educators, early intervention providers, parents/caregivers, and other professionals (social workers, nurses, registered dietitians, etc.) working with children with feeding challenges. Please contact us at [email protected] with any needs regarding accommodations. 

CEU Info

Certificates of attendance will be issued once participation in the full 2 hour course has been verified. Please allow up to two weeks for release of certificates. 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. This course is eligible for AOTA credits. Please check your state’s guidelines for specific information about this continuing education activity may apply to your state’s CEU guidelines.

Instructor

Marsha Dunn Klein, OTR/L, M. Ed., FAOTA and Bre Robison, OTR/L, MS

Marsha Dunn Klein, OTR/L, M. Ed., FAOTA
Marsha is a pediatric occupational therapist who has specialized in pediatric feeding for over 50 years. She has co-authored Pre-Feeding Skills, First Edition, Pre-Feeding Skills: Second Edition, Mealtime Participation Guide, and Homemade Blended Formula with Suzanne Evans Morris, Ph.D., CCC-SLP. She co-authored Feeding and Nutrition for the Child with Special Needs with Tracy Delaney. Marsha is a fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association. She holds a Masters of Education with emphasis on special education from the University of Arizona, and is trained in Neuro-Developmental Treatment (NDT). Her bachelors of science degree in Occupational Therapy is from Sargent College of Boston University. Her newest book is Anxious Eaters, Anxious Mealtimes: Practical and Compassionate Strategies for Mealtime Peace. Marsha presents to professional communities nationally and internationally. She is a food celebrator and is passionate about supporting children and their families.
Bre Robison, OTR/L, MS
Bre is a pediatric occupational therapist who loves feeding and loves children! She received her Bachelors in Psychology from the University of Arizona and then worked in the public school systems for two years as a special education aid, while providing respite and habilitation to children with special needs. She went on to complete her Masters in Occupational Therapy at A.T. Still University in Phoenix. After graduation, Bre completed the Marsha Dunn Klein Feeding Fellowship Program. Since then she has continued working at a local pediatric outpatient clinic utilizing the Get Permission Approach as well as working as part of The Get Permission Team by assisting with marketing and administration. Bre resides in Tucson, AZ with her husband and two children.

Join us live via Zoom!

Aug 14, 2025
6:00-8:00pm (CT)

Cancellations

Cancellations must be in writing prior to 8/14/2025 and will incur a $10 fee. If the Get Permission Institute or speaker should need to cancel, course fees will be refunded or transferred to another course at the discretion of the participant.