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Learning Through Opportunity: Feeding in Infancy and Toddlerhood

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

23 hours of learning

Register $599

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Group rates available for 4 or more!
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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

Course Content Structure

Fully On Demand Viewing

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

    2. How to Navigate This Course

    3. Frequently Asked Questions

    4. Questions About This Course?

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

    6. Karen and Stephanie Welcome You to Learning Through Opportunity

    7. Live Group Mentoring & Community Access

    8. Certificate of Attendance

    1. Section 1: Description & Learning Objectives

    2. Module 1: Responsive Feeding & Relationships Slidedeck

    3. Module 1: Responsive Feeding & Relationships Printable PDF

    4. Watch Module 1: Responsive Feeding & Relationships

    5. Module 2: Learning At Mealtimes Slidedeck

    6. Module 2: Learning At Mealtimes Printable PDF

    7. Watch Module 2: Learning At Mealtimes

    8. Section 1 Quiz

    1. Section 2: Section Description & Learning Objectives

    2. Module 3: Newborn Infants Slidedeck

    3. Module 3: Newborn Infants Printable PDF

    4. Watch Module 3: Newborn Infants

    5. Module 4: PreTerm Infants Slidedeck

    6. Module 4: PreTerm Infants Printable PDF

    7. Watch Module 4: PreTerm Infants

    8. Module 5: Infant Development 2-5 Months Slidedeck

    9. Module 5: Infant Development 2-5 Months PDF Handout

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

    11. Module 6: Early Tastes Slidedeck

    12. Module 6: Early Tastes PDF Handout

    13. Watch Module 6: Early Tastes

    14. Section 2 Quiz

    1. Section 3: Section Description & Learning Objectives

    2. Module 7: Infant Development 6-12 months Slidedeck

    3. Module 7: Infant Development 6-12 months Printable PDF

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

    5. Module 8: Transition to Solids Slidedeck

    6. Module 8: Transition to Solids Printable PDF

    7. Watch Module 8: Transition to Solids

    8. Module 9: Transition to Solids: Pureed Food Slidedeck

    9. Module 9: Transition to Solids: Pureed Food Printable PDF

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

    11. Module 10: Biting and Chewing Slidedeck

    12. Module 10: Biting and Chewing Printable PDF

    13. Watch Module 10: Biting and Chewing

    14. Module 11: Cup drinking Slidedeck

    15. Module 11: Cup drinking Printable PDF

    16. Watch Module 11: Cup drinking

    17. Section 3: Quiz

    1. Section 4: Section Description & Learning Objectives

    2. Module 12: Food Allergies Slidedeck

    3. Module 12: Food Allergies Printable PDF

    4. Watch Module 12: Food Allergies

    5. Section 4: Quiz

    1. Section 5: Section Description & Learning Objectives

    2. Module 13: Toddlerhood Overview Slidedeck

    3. Module 13: Toddlerhood Overview Printable PDF

    4. Watch Module 13: Toddlerhood Overview

    5. Module 14: Toddlers Feeding Development Slidedeck

    6. Module 14: Toddlers Feeding Development Printable PDF

    7. Watch Module 14: Toddlers Feeding Development

    8. Module 15: Toddler Cup Drinking Slidedeck

    9. Module 15: Toddler Cup Drinking Printable PDF

    10. Watch Module 15: Toddlers Cup Drinking

    11. Module 16: Tricky Topics in Toddlerhood Slidedeck

    12. Module 16: Tricky Topics in Toddlerhood Printable PDF

    13. Watch Module 16: Tricky Topics in Toddlerhood

    14. Section 5: Quiz

About this course

  • $599.00
  • 116 lessons
  • 23 hours of video content

What Stephanie & Karen's Past Learners Have Said:

5 star rating

Feeding in Toddlerhood Presentation

Kara Opel

This presentation was incredibly helpful to assessing and providing feeding therapy to toddlers and their families. I am so excited to learn about the "Get P...

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This presentation was incredibly helpful to assessing and providing feeding therapy to toddlers and their families. I am so excited to learn about the "Get Permission" strategies and am looking forward to trying them with my patients as I learn more about providing quality feeding therapy.

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Relationship based feeding therapy!

Jill Painter

I’m a DIRFloortime certified therapist and I was really struggling with finding feeding courses that aligned with my framework and values in therapy. My inst...

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I’m a DIRFloortime certified therapist and I was really struggling with finding feeding courses that aligned with my framework and values in therapy. My instructor told me about Get Permission Institute and I was so excited after browsing the website. Three courses later, I’m still saying over and over, “Yes! This is how we need to support families!” Karen and Stephanie share such a joy around therapy. I immediately told all therapy friends that they needed to take this course. Thank you for re-inspiration, and changing my mindset from dreading feeding therapy to being excited to see a new family on my caseload.

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Informative course

Rebekah Vidro

Thank you for all the great tools and ideas to support feeding development and intervention to improve feeding experiences!

Thank you for all the great tools and ideas to support feeding development and intervention to improve feeding experiences!

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Helpful

Brittney Mack

Thanks for the helpful information. It was well prepared and taught.

Thanks for the helpful information. It was well prepared and taught.

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CEU Info

Certificates will be issued verifying participation in 16 hours of continuing education once full attendance has been verified. Check with your professional organizations licensing bodies to determine exactly how you are able to apply these hours to your professional development requirements. This course is eligible for ASHA’s professional development hour requirements. You will not require ASHA pre-approval for this, but you will need to save your certificate and produce it if requested by ASHA. See here [https://www.asha.org/certification/FactDef/] for more information. This course is also eligible for AOTA credits. Please check your state's guidelines for specific information about how this continuing education activity may apply to your state's CEU guidelines. 

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.

Fully On Demand Now

Group rates available for 4 or more!
Email hello@getpermissioninstitute
for more information

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.