About the course
This one day course will focus on understanding and supporting autistic children with eating challenges.
Feeding and eating problems are common in autistic people. Difficulties such as only eating a very few foods, not being able to eat at school, going long periods of time without eating or over eating and Pica (eating non-foods) can be difficult to understand and manage with parents and carers reporting feelings of anxiety, frustration and blame.
This course is written and presented by Dr Elizabeth Shea and Gillian Harris who have several decades of combined experience in the clinical and academic fields of childhood feeding disorders and in autism services.
We look forward to seeing you in Manchester!
Shauna Fleming
E: [email protected]
T: +44 (0) 141 285 7117 option 2, then option 1
Course overview
Using knowledge from academic and clinical fields of typical feeding development and childhood feeding disorders this one day workshop will examine and explain the common patterns of eating in autism. It will address a range of difference across the spectrum including specific issues relating to females.
Who should attend?
This course is suitable for anyone who works with an autistic child who is having difficulties with food. To get the most out of this training course, it is advisable to have a prior understanding of autism.
Although the course will focus on children and young people, the information is also relevant to those working autistic adults as the developmental characteristics that cause the eating patterns in autism can persist into adulthood.
The trainers were so informative and the course content was so interesting. The course will help with my working role.
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