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Feeding in Infancy & Toddlerhood: Learning Through Opportunity

with Stephanie Cohen, M.A., CCC-SLP, CLC
and Karen Dilfer, OTR/L


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Course Description

Positive feeding experiences are central to the development of a strong, trusting relationships between parent and child. Many children who experience feeding difficulties struggle to develop the skills necessary to enjoy eating with their families and eat enough to thrive. This course provides a foundational understanding of feeding development in infancy and toddlerhood with a strong emphasis on responsive feeding and discussion of how feeding skills develop within the context of relationships. Content will include:

  • Feeding skill development in the newborn and older infant (0-12 months), including sucking, swallowing, and breathing patterns, transitions to solids, diet expansion, cup and straw drinking, and self-feeding. 
  • Feeding skill development in the toddler stage (1-3 years), including emerging autonomy, diet expansion, cup and straw drinking, and self-feeding. 
  • Exploring how a variety of conditions/diagnoses and experiences might disrupt feeding skill development in infancy and toddlerhood
  • Building provider capacity to support strong and trusting relationships with family members and team members
  • Developing clinical reasoning skills and strategies for working with infants and toddlers and their families
  • Understand how to develop individualized family and child support plans with an emphasis on use of parent coaching techniques in the context of a child’s natural environment and daily mealtime routines. 

You will learn to:

  • Build increased capacity to support strong and trusting relationships with family members and team members

  • Develop clinical reasoning skills and understand how to implement several GP strategies with infants, toddlers, and their families

  • Understand how to develop individualized family and child support plans

  • Be able to better use parent coaching techniques and joint planning in the context of a child’s natural environment and daily mealtime routines

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Course Content Structure

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    1. Please read and agree to GPI terms before starting this course

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. How to Navigate This Course

      FREE PREVIEW

    3. Frequently Asked Questions

      FREE PREVIEW

    4. Questions About This Course?

    5. Learning Through Opportunity: Feeding in Infancy and Toddlerhood Course Description and Objectives

      FREE PREVIEW

    6. Learning Through Opportunity: Feeding in Infancy and Toddlerhood References

    7. Handouts: Modules 1-16

    8. Handouts: Modules 17-29

    9. Observation Worksheet

    10. Additional Resources

    11. Karen and Stephanie Welcome You to Learning Through Opportunity

      FREE PREVIEW

    12. Live Group Mentoring & Community Access

    13. Certificate of Attendance

    1. Section 1: Description & Learning Objectives

    2. Looking for handouts?

    3. Watch Module 1: Responsive Feeding & Relationships

      FREE PREVIEW

    4. Watch Module 2: Learning At Mealtimes

    5. Section 1 Quiz

    1. Section 2: Section Description & Learning Objectives

    2. Looking for handouts?

    3. Watch Module 3: Newborn Infants

    4. Watch Module 4: PreTerm Infants

    5. Watch Module 5: Infant Development 2-5 Months

    6. Watch Module 6: Early Tastes

    7. Section 2 Quiz

    1. Section 3: Section Description & Learning Objectives

    2. Looking for handouts?

    3. Watch Module 7: Infant Development 6-12 months

    4. Watch Module 8: Transition to Solids

    5. Watch Module 9: Transition to Solids: Pureed Food

    6. Watch Module 10: Biting and Chewing

    7. Watch Module 11: Cup drinking

    8. Section 3: Quiz

    1. Section 4: Section Description & Learning Objectives

    2. Looking for handouts?

    3. Watch Module 12: Food Allergies

    4. Section 4: Quiz

    1. Section 5: Section Description & Learning Objectives

    2. Looking for handouts?

    3. Watch Module 13: Toddlerhood Overview

    4. Watch Module 14: Toddlers Feeding Development

    5. Watch Module 15: Toddlers Cup Drinking

    6. Watch Module 16: Tricky Topics in Toddlerhood

    7. Section 5: Quiz

About this course

  • $599.00
  • 23 hours of video content

What Other Learners Are Saying

"Outstanding, informative and transformative experience."

"Invaluable feeding and coaching support for families of infants and toddlers using a responsive feeding lens."

"I would describe this course as highly comprehensive. It provides a clear overview of typical developmental milestones, allowing participants to build a solid theoretical foundation."

CEU Info

Certificates of attendance will be issued once this course has been fully viewed and 100% has been obtained on quiz. 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.

Learning Through Opportunity: Feeding in Infancy and Toddlerhood awards 23.5 CPEUs in accordance with the Commission on Dietetic Registration’s CPEU Prior Approval Program

Audience

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


What is Get Permission?

Get Permission is a relationship-based approach used to support families who have children with feeding challenges. The approach is rooted in the principles of responsive feeding and actively promotes a child’s autonomy while fostering connection, trust, and consistent communication between the child and caregiver. In this approach, adults support children to "give permission" by demonstrating physical and emotional readiness for eating. Get Permission strategies are based on typical development and help children discover their internal drive to eat through appetite, enjoyment, and relationships.  


Children who participate in feeding therapy using the Get Permission Approach develop the skill, confidence, and internal motivation they need to thrive. Families who adopt the principles of the Get Permission approach learn to respect a child’s individual differences while helping them to participate in mealtimes, feel celebrated, and develop a positive relationship with food. As a result, children learn to try new foods independently and enjoy eating without pressure. Therapists who use Get Permission benefit from understanding how they might support parents and children in a pressure-free way that is rich with practical strategies for treatment.

Speaker bio:

Founders and Senior Instructors Stephanie Cohen, M.A., CCC-SLP, CLC and Karen Dilfer, OTR/L

Stephanie Cohen, M.A., CCC-SLP
Stephanie Cohen is a speech-language pathologist and lactation counselor in private practice who has worked with children with complex medical needs and their families for more than 20 years. Stephanie has advanced training in feeding and swallowing disorders; she specializes in working with the 0-3 population and is passionate about helping families of children with feeding and swallowing disorders find ways to make mealtimes more successful and enjoyable. Stephanie has a bachelor of arts and a master of science degree from Northwestern University. She is a credentialed evaluator and provider in IL Early Intervention. Stephanie speaks about a variety of topics, including typical and atypical feeding development, responsive feeding, and trauma-informed feeding assessment and treatment. She enjoys mentoring, collaborating, and teaching. Stephanie lives in Northbrook with her husband and three children.

Karen Dilfer, OTR/L
Karen Dilfer is an occupational therapist, feeding specialist, and food enthusiast. She has a strong pediatric background and loves to help children with motor, sensory, and mealtime challenges. A Chicago native, Karen enjoys discovering new restaurants and cooking with friends and family. She is a founding member of the Chicago Feeding Group, a non profit organization that seeks to support parents and professions who work with children who struggle to eat. Karen was recently featured in the Chicago Tribune. Karen has a bachelor of science degree from Calvin College and a master’s of science degree from Washington University in St. Louis. She is Neurodevelopmental Treatment (NDT) trained and has also completed post-graduate education in Sensory Integration. Karen trained under Marsha Dunn Klein at Mealtime Connections, LLC, in Tucson, Arizona. Karen is a contributing member to the Get Permission team and regularly teaches Get Permission workshops and webinars. She maintains a private practice and actively treats children with feeding challenges. You can learn more about her work here: www.eatwithkaren.com.

Cancellations

Cancellations must be in writing. We are unable to issue a refund after 20% of 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.