Course Overview

What parents will learn from this course

  • Reflect on their child’s feeding skill development and feeding milestones. 
  • Understand why their child might be experiencing feeding difficulties. 
  • Be able to effectively describe the feeding challenges that their child is experiencing to a range of professionals. 
  • Be empowered to identify professionals who can help.

Course curriculum

    1. How to use this course

    2. Welcome to this Course

    3. Introduction to this Course

    4. What we will be looking at on this course

    1. Commonly Used Strategies

    2. My Child's Feeding Experience: How to Help

    1. Introduction

    2. Play

    3. Interacting with Food Through Play

    4. Developing My Child's Play

    5. Developing Sensory Integration

    6. Developing My Child's Sensory Integration

    7. Developing Physical Skills

    8. Developing My Child's Physical Skills

    9. Reducing Communication Demands

    10. Developing My Child's Communication

    1. What to do next?

    2. Useful Videos and Websites

    3. Resources Developed by Laura and Louisa

    4. Other Feeding Training from Laura and Louisa

    5. SIE Tutor Support Access

About this course

  • £20.00
  • 21 lessons
  • 0.5 hours of video content

Course Fee

Instructors

Laura Osman

Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, Advanced SI Practitioner, Feeding Therapist and Teacher

I started my career working in Haringey as a Speech and Language Therapist in the community preschool team before taking the opportunity to use my therapy knowledge and skills in the classroom by teaching at a school for children with Special Educational Needs. Working with children with Autism and severe learning difficulties, understanding sensory needs quickly became the priority.

The principles of Ayres Sensory Integration underpins all of the work I do. Understanding a child’s sensory processing and utilising a sensory integrative approach is essential in working towards their therapeutic and educational targets. I am passionate about providing early intervention for children with severe and complex needs, including Autism. A colleague and I have written an inclusive curriculum for preschool and key stage 1 pupils with special educational needs based on our work in a preschool in North London. You can read more about the curriculum and our work here.

Louise Hargett

Louisa Hargett, a Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist, Advanced SI Practitioner, Feeding Therapist and Teacher

You can find out more information about Louisa Hargett on her website here.