Summary: World renowned feeding expert, Kay A. Toomey, PhD, Psychologist and Director of SOS Feeding Solutions at STAR Institute will discuss why children struggle with eating well at school, especially children who are “picky eaters.” The characteristics of “picky eating” will be outlined along with how these difficulties cause eating at school to be more challenging. Simple strategies that families and school staff can use to improve children’s eating at school will then be presented.
Level: Foundational
Intended Audience: Parents, caregivers, clinicians, teachers, mental health and medical professionals
Prerequisite: None
Presenter: Kay Toomey, PhD, is a pediatric psychologist who has worked for nearly 30 years, with children who don’t eat. She is the developer of the highly effective, family-centered SOS Approach to Feeding in successful use worldwide to assess and treat children with feeding problems. In addition to directing SOS Feeding Solutions at STAR Institute, Dr. Toomey speaks nationally and internationally about her approach.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the characteristics of a “picky eater”
- Learn what challenges the “picky eater” at school experiences
- Learn strategies for improving the “picky eater’s” nutrition at school, and their experience of eating at school
STAR Institute for Sensory Processing Disorder is an AOTA Approved Provider of Continuing Education. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
This course focuses exclusively on the SOS Approach to Feeding program and does not include information on other similar or related programs.