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This on demand version of the Get Permission Approach to Anxious Eaters, Anxious Mealtimes, Marsha Dunn Klein covers anxious eaters from a perspective of relationships, motivation, mealtimes, and opportunities for both parent and child success.
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Gain a strong foundational understanding of feeding development in infants & toddlers with an emphasis on responsive feeding, how feeding skills develop within the context of relationships, & individualized application of Get Permission strategies.
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This hybrid version of the Get Permission Approach to Tube Feeding with Love, Marsha Dunn Klein, OTR/L, M. Ed., FAOTA and Karen Dilfer, OTR/L cover the ins and outs of tube feeding from a Get Permission lens. Live attendance required June 2 & 3, 2026
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LIVE 5/13! What if the key to feeding challenges isn't on the plate — but inside the body? Join Kelly Mahler, Marsha Dunn Klein & Karen Dilfer for a live, interactive conversation on interoception and mealtimes.
$59
This hybrid version of the Get Permission Approach to Tube Feeding with Love, Marsha Dunn Klein, OTR/L, M. Ed., FAOTA and Karen Dilfer, OTR/L cover the ins and outs of tube feeding from a Get Permission lens. Live attendance required June 2 & 3, 2026
$599
JOIN US LIVE IN PERSON! Learn the foundational concepts of the Get Permission Approach. Become a more responsive therapist who knows exactly where to start and which strategies will work best in therapy.
$499
Take a closer look at some of the most important Get Permission concepts and specialized topics in pediatric feeding therapy.
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Build on your Get Permission Essentials foundation with these specialized courses!
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A s-t-r-e-t-c-h is a new food trying technique that helps a child learn to enjoy a new food or food property in tiny steps starting from a familiar food or food property. You s-t-r-e-t-c-h from “familiar,” something the child knows and likes.
$59
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We will explore the use of crumbs in pediatric feeding therapy to help children gain sensory or motor confidence at the mealtime within the Get Permission Approach to feeding. The sensitive art of crumbing will be presented with case examples.
$59
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Meals are times for communication, socialization, togetherness, & enjoyment of food. When children have eating challenges, the mealtime can lose its balance. We can help families find mealtime peace as a starting point for change and new food trying.
$59
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We will look at how to responsively read a child’s communication about what works for their unique body and strategize how to adapt options of food interaction and therapeutic support based on responsively adapting for “this” child in “this” moment.
$59
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This course discusses how smoothies can be a game changer in treatment and support of PFD and ARFID, offering a predictable way to present varied nutrition that worried eaters can enjoy while using "stretch" concepts to carefully introduce change.
$45
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Goal writing can to set the direction for therapy in partnership with parents, utilizing flexibility without demands, allowing for adaptations, and adjusting along the way to support the child's unique feeding preferences.
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This course will offer strategies to help practitioners assess an older child’s food repertoire, sensory preferences, and mealtime skills, with an emphasis on the importance of including parents. Case studies will be used.
$59
Specialized Topics
Dive into pediatric feeding topics that address the unique needs across your caseload
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On Demand Now! We all have been taught that parent coaching is essential to practice, but what IS parent coaching exactly? Join Stephanie to learn what the latest research says along with specific parent coaching strategies.
$59
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Updated 2025! Many families who have children with feeding challenges have experienced trauma or are attempting to manage chronically stressful feeding situations. We break down the impact of trauma on feeding and offer many strategies for support.
$59
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This course focuses on sharing the history of homemade blended formula along with helping clinicians and families increase their confidence in real food variations to support tube feeding.
$59
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Many of us utilize tools of various kinds when treating children with pediatric feeding disorder. We will discuss guidelines for using all tools (including toothbrushes) responsively in partnership with children and their parents.
$59
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We will explore the challenges sensitive children face with toothbrushing and ways to modify toothbrushing for child and parent success. Watch Marsha Dunn Klein, OTR/L, M.Ed., FAOTA demonstrate how to use this approach in multiple case studies.
$59
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This talk discusses the different ways in which both parents and children might communicate how they feel at different stages in the feeding relationship.
$59
GPI regularly invites leaders in the pediatric feeding world to share their expertise and perspectives with you.
Join Laura to learn how Autistic people think, communicate, and experience food. Understand the 'why' behind eating patterns across different settings. Gain practical, trust-building approaches that reduce distress and center lived experiences.
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This course teaches clinicians to understand children's feeding challenges holistically by examining underlying body-based, relational, and environmental factors beyond surface-level sensory responses.
$59
Feeling safe is essential for ingestion and digestion. Feeding and nutrition advice often can lead to fear, worry, pressure and dysregulation. This talk highlights the feeding relationship and offers ways to prioritize nervous system regulation.
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This course reviews the evidence base for Responsive Feeding Therapy, a multi-disciplinary approach that helps children find joy in eating by feeling understood and supported at mealtimes.
$59
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A comprehensive picture of the influences on feeding and the development of sensory-motor skills for eating.
$59
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In this webinar Gill Rapley, Phd, will discuss baby-led weaning (BLW), including its key features, rationale, and background. Participants will learn what BLW can offer babies and their parents, along with existing research that supports BLW.
$59
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Jill Rabin, M.S., CCC-SLP/L, IBCLC will cover the definition of Adapted Baby-Led Weaning and the supporting concepts including when Adapted Baby-Led Weaning should be considered as well as how to prepare for the transition to solid foods.
$59
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Gill Rapley, PhD will discuss baby-led weaning (BLW), including its key features, rationale, and background. Jill Rabin, M.S. CCC/SLPL, IBCLC will describe Adapted Baby-Led Weaning and the supporting concepts.
$99
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With medically complex children, using a responsive framework can improve outcomes and instill trust between the partners involved in feeding. Consideration of unique congenital and experiential challenges allows us to reframe our intervention.
$59
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Heidi and Jeni will share specific coaching strategies that shift the focus from "training" parents to developing parents as partners and leaders in their child's progress for short and long-term success.
$29
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This webinar will briefly discuss the specialized knowledge and skills necessary to work in the NICU. Development, identification, and correction of oral aversions is the focus of this presentation.
$59
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You will learn the role of the brain-body connection in recognizing, interpreting and integrating external information and internal body signals, and how to create meaningful food experiences that will facilitate purposeful mealtime participation.
$59
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Heidi and Jeni will share specific coaching strategies that shift the focus from "training" parents to developing parents as partners and leaders in their child's progress for short and long-term success.
$59
All Courses, Perspective Courses, On Demand
Heidi and Jeni will share specific coaching strategies that shift the focus from "training" parents to developing parents as partners and leaders in their child's progress for short and long-term success.
$59
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The Cycle of Effective Feeding Therapy: A Responsive Feeding Approach AND Parent Participation in Responsive Feeding Therapy: Helping Children Succeed with Family-Centered Intervention Register for both courses and save almost 20%!
$99
Our free resources created by the GPI team for clinicians to utilize as a way to educate families about The Get Permission Approach
Families, this is for you! Marsha Dunn Klein, a pediatric feeding expert, will help you find a path to mealtime peace and enjoyment. After this workshop, you will better understand your child and know exactly which factors influence mealtimes.
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Marsha Dunn Klein guides parents through evaluating their mealtime experiences using a framework of acceptance, safety, curiosity, and personal choice to identify what's working and what changes could make mealtimes more enjoyable.
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This FREE webinar discusses reducing mealtime pressure. Learn to recognize subtle tactics affecting children's eating, understand feeding research, and discover compassionate strategies to support your child's autonomy and create peaceful mealtimes.
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In this series, the founders of GPI interview individuals who have experienced feeding differences, mealtime challenges, and/or feeding therapy. These rich conversations help us to better understand the profound impact feeding differences can have on daily life. Join us as we listen and learn together!
Rachel Dorsey, an autistic SLP, discusses her ARFID experience, sensory needs, and the importance of low-pressure eating environments and self-advocacy in managing food challenges.
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The purpose of this series of interviews is to listen and learn from those who have faced challenges that we as therapists can learn from. In this interview, Marsha and the GPI team listen to Yiannis' share his story.
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The purpose of this series of interviews is to listen and learn from those who have faced challenges that we as therapists can learn from. In this interview, Marsha and Laura discuss validating and honoring each individual as unique.
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The purpose of this series of interviews is to listen and learn from those who have faced challenges that we as therapists can learn from. In this interview, Marsha and Chantelle discuss parent's worry and how to shift mealtime pressure.
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The purpose of this series is to listen and learn from those who have faced challenges. Rachel Conrad, an SLP and advocate, shares how her own experiences growing up with ARFID and pediatric feeding disorder have shaped the way she supports families.
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The purpose of this series of interviews is to listen and learn from those who have faced challenges that we as therapists can learn from. In this interview, Marsha and Stephanie discuss the impact of feeding therapy on her family.
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