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Cafeteria Confidence: A Responsive Feeding Guide to Supporting Selective Eaters at School

with Bre Robison, MS, OTR/L

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Course Description

Back-to-school season can bring excitement, but for families of selective eaters, it often comes with worry, stress, and uncertainty. Will my child eat? Will they be hungry all day? What if their teacher doesn't understand?

In this practical and encouraging course, you'll learn how to support school lunch success through a responsive feeding lens that prioritizes safety, connection, and autonomy over pressure and compliance. Drawing from the principles of the Get Permission Approach and nervous system-informed feeding practices, this course helps parents, educators, and professionals better understand why eating at school can be challenging and what truly supports lasting progress.

Together, we'll explore the hidden sensory, social, emotional, and motor demands of school mealtimes, learn how to create lunchboxes that build confidence, and identify small, meaningful shifts that promote food exploration without increasing stress. You'll also gain tools for collaborating with teachers, supporting regulation during mealtimes, and helping children develop the skills needed to navigate school lunches successfully.

In this 1.5 hour webinar, you will learn to:

  • Understand why school lunches can be challenging for selective eaters

  • Recognize the role of felt safety in eating and food exploration in a variety of settings

  • Identify and reduce subtle forms of mealtime pressure that are present in the school setting

  • Support food exploration through autonomy and responsive feeding principles when a child is ready in the school environment

  • Build supportive lunchboxes that promote confidence and success

  • Collaborate effectively between home, school, and therapy settings

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What Other Learners Are Saying

"Great ideas for supporting families and school professionals as they support kiddos with restricted eating." -OT

"Great examples from clinical experience, and I appreciate the handouts.." -SLP

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

Participants who fully attend the course and score 100% on the quiz will receive a certificate verifying 2 continuing education hours. This course fulfills ASHA’s Professional Development Hour requirements, which do not require prior ASHA approval (learn more about ASHA’s guidelines here). For Occupational Therapy practitioners, please check your specific state licensing board to determine how this activity applies to your state’s OT CEU guidelines.

Instructor

Instructor & Community Engagement Bre Robison, MS, OTR/L

Bre earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Arizona and spent two years working in school systems before pursuing her Master of Science in Occupational Therapy from AT Still University. Following graduation, she completed the Marsha Dunn Klein Feeding Fellowship, where she developed expertise in the Get Permission Approach. For the past 10 years, she has been working at Mealtime Connections, LLC, an outpatient feeding clinic where she supports children and families in building positive mealtime experiences. In addition to clinical work, she serves as an educator, administrator, and Community Engagement Coordinator for the Get Permission Institute. Her practice centers on helping families connect through a foundation of trust and respect. Outside of work, her life revolves around her husband and three children. She is hands-on with homeschooling, loves cooking with them, and treasures watching them grow and discover the world.

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Cancellations

Cancellations must be in writing. We are unable to issue a refund after 10% of the content has been viewed. If the Get Permission Institute should need to remove course content for any reason, course fees will be refunded or transferred to another course at the discretion of the participant.