Parent Education Group

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Feeding, Eating and Mealtimes

Set your child and family up for mealtime success!

This popular online program provides you with the knowledge and skills you need to feel confident in supporting eating and mealtimes at home. Our Occupational Therapists or Speech Pathologists will be online with you for 6 weeks via Microsoft Teams to give you expert education and advice.

The program is packed with practical information, resources and tonnes of tips and tricks to help you and your child experience more success with mealtimes.

The group will cover the following areas:

  • Learning and understanding more about why eating or mealtimes might be hard for your child

  • What you as caregivers can do to set up mealtimes for success

  • How to meet your child where they are, and help them through the steps towards eating and enjoying foods

  • The importance of adapting our language around food and mealtimes

  • And many tips to help you and your child enjoy mealtimes more!

Program Format: 

This group runs during Term 3 across 6x 1hr sessions:

  • Thursday 4th September at 10:00am

  • Thursday 11th September at 10:00am

  • Thursday 19th September at 10:00am

  • Thursday 25th September at 10:00am

  • Thursday 2nd October at 10:00am

  • Thursday 9th October at 10:00am

A post group report will be prepared to provide a summary & guide next steps.