A 2-hour reflective course about the mealtime itself — your role, the routines around it, and how to make the whole experience more positive for your child and your family. The third and final course in our feeding series, taught by Speech and Language Therapist Laura Osman and Occupational Therapist Louisa Hargett.
This three-part series follows a deliberate sequence — understanding first, then strategies, then mealtimes. Each part can be taken on its own, but they're designed to work together.
Understanding · 2 hours · £20
The foundation: understanding why your child may be finding eating hard.
Strategies · 2 hours · £20
Practical, evidence-based strategies to develop the skills feeding requires.
Creating Positive Mealtime Experiences · 2 hours · £20
Bringing it together at the table — your role, routines, and food acceptance.
Part 3 builds on Parts 1 and 2 — you'll get the most from this course if you've worked through them first.
Mealtimes are about much more than what's on the plate. Family meals carry decades of culture, habit, expectation, and emotion — and when feeding is hard, that whole context can amplify the difficulty. The most carefully chosen strategies in the world won't take hold if the mealtime around them feels rushed, anxious, or pressured.
This reflective course turns the focus from what's happening for your child to what's happening at the table. Speech and Language Therapist Laura Osman and Occupational Therapist Louisa Hargett walk you through how to identify your own role at mealtimes, how to prepare emotionally and practically for change, how to build mealtime routines that support rather than stress your child, and how to work effectively with the professionals already involved with your family.
Like the other courses in the series, this one includes structured "My Child's…" reflective sections inviting you to apply each topic to your own family as you go. By the end, you'll have a much clearer sense of how to bring everything you've learned across the series into your real, daily mealtimes — gently and at a pace that works for your family.
Across the course, Laura and Louisa cover:
This course is designed for parents and carers of children with feeding difficulties — whether your child has a diagnosis (autism, ADHD, ARFID, sensory processing differences) or no formal diagnosis at all.
It's particularly useful when you've already explored what's contributing to your child's feeding difficulties (Part 1) and the strategies to develop the underlying skills (Part 2), and you're ready to think about how to bring it all together at the table.
Important: This course supports your everyday approach — it doesn't replace clinical care. If you have concerns about your child's nutrition, weight, growth, or safety while eating, please speak with your GP, health visitor, or paediatrician alongside taking this course.
📝 A note on the format: This course is reflective and text-led rather than video-led — designed for working through with thinking time, alongside the resources Laura and Louisa point you to. If you found the video sections of Parts 1 and 2 most useful, please bear this in mind when deciding whether to enrol.
Most Sensory Help Now courses are free. This one is £20 because feeding difficulties are unusually complex — they sit across speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, and paediatric medicine, and our three-part series is co-created and co-taught by two highly specialist clinicians. The fee covers the depth of expertise involved.
📥 Course resources include videos, websites, recommended reading, and access to SIE tutor support — yours to keep.
📄 Certificate of Attendance available on completion.
🕒 2 hours, in 4 sections — best taken across two or three sittings, with thinking time between them. The reflective "My Child's…" sections work especially well with space.
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How to use this course
Welcome to this Course
Introduction to this Course
Introduction
Preparing for Change
My Child's Feeding Experiences
Mealtime Routines
Creating a Positive Mealtime Experience for My Child
Developing Food Acceptance
Developing My Child's Food Acceptance
What to do next?
Useful Videos and Websites
Resources Developed by Laura and Louisa
Other Feeding Training from Laura and Louisa
SIE Tutor Support Access
Regular price
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.
You can find out more information about Louisa Hargett on her website here.
