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Interoception and the Mealtime Experience: A Conversation with Kelly Mahler

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Course Description

What if the key to unlocking progress with selective eaters and children with feeding challenges isn't on the plate at all — but inside the body?

Join Marsha Dunn Klein and Karen Dilfer for a two-hour conversation with occupational therapist and interoception expert Kelly Mahler, as they explore how interoception, our body's internal sensory system, shapes the way children experience mealtimes. Drawing on Kelly's groundbreaking research into ARFID and interoception, this conversation will offer a paradigm-shifting lens for feeding therapists, early intervention specialists, speech-language pathologists, and parents alike.

In this conversation, Kelly will unpack how parents and professionals can use interoceptive science to better support children who struggle with eating. The conversation will explore how internal experiences like pain, fear, emotional distress, and shame can override hunger and fullness signals and what that means in everyday life at the table. Kelly will discuss why compliance-based approaches may inadvertently deepen the very challenges well-meaning professionals are trying to address in their feeding therapy practice. The conversation will be live, interactive and will dive deep into the influences on interoception on eating and mealtimes. Join us!

In this 2 hour webinar, you will learn to:

  • Define interoception and explain how internal body signals including pain, fear, emotional distress, and shame can influence a child's desire to eat.

  • Identify how compliance-based feeding approaches may contribute to trauma responses and sabotage long-term mealtime success.

  • Apply at least two practical strategies to reduce mealtime stress and build felt safety for children with feeding challenges.

  • Recognize the relationship between interoception and factors such as constipation, food-related anxiety, and sensory overwhelm, and explain how addressing these barriers can support progress well beyond diet expansion.

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 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.

Instructor

Kelly Mahler OTD, OTR/L

Kelly Mahler is an award-winning occupational therapist, author, and interoception groupie known for her boundless curiosity and empathetic approach. Holding a Doctorate in Occupational Therapy, she has served school-aged children and adults for over 22 years. Kelly is author of 12 resources including The Interoception Curriculum, now used in over 30 countries worldwide. She enjoys speaking internationally on interoception, neuro-affirming practices, and playful strategies for inner exploration using a lens of curiosity, validation, and empathy.

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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.