Fall Special – Feeding Children – Success is in the Details Program Package

Who would benefit from this program?

Anyone wanting to go beyond the basic what, when where, how much and whether of the basics of Satter’s Division of Responsibility in Feeding. This course delivers a wealth of practical information that clinicians, early childhood educators, physicians, and other health professionals can use in primary and some secondary settings – or centers that help parents feed their children with limited intervention, short classes or well checks. Examples of these might include:

• WIC and Head Start (Early Childhood) clinicians and educators who spend time directly with families for nutrition and health care visits, assessments, etc.
• Dietitians, nutritionists, nurses, speech language therapists and other clinicians in outpatient primary or limited secondary care settings; with brief or limited assessment and follow-up visits - where you might work with a family for one to three visits

More About this training program

Feeding Children – Success is in the Details will explore the intricacies involved in the application of the Satter Division of Responsibility in Feeding (sDOR). The course includes ten modules including three case studies (picky eating, child weight divergence, and Satter-consistent nutrition education development), along with activities, supplemental research articles, and quizzes to increase your familiarity and knowledge for applying the models. Discover strategies for removing pressure and restriction from eating opportunities all while supporting food exploration and nurturing healthy, responsive boundaries embedded in trust and respect.

This package also includes ecSI 2.0 Inventory: Qualifying Workshop + sDOR.2-6y Inventory: Qualifying Workshop + Feeding with Love and Good Sense: 18 months through 6 years pdf booklet.

You will also have the opportunity to attend a live one-hour Q&A with an ESI faculty member on these dates:

• September 11, 2024,
• November 13, 2024,
• February 12, 2025, and
• April 9, 2025

All sessions will be held from 1:00-2:00 pm CT. The Zoom link will be in the curriculum.

What you will learn from this training

• Five principles to help parents take leadership with feeding, including strategies for offering unfamiliar, less nutritious and challenging foods.
• The value of assessing parents’ adherence to the Satter Division of Responsibility in Feeding using the sDOR 2-6 year inventory and learn how to get permission to use this resource
• How to address feeding challenges such as picky eating and weight divergence, along with practical tips for managing forbidden foods, desserts, and sweetened beverages
• Important steps in helping families develop success serving shared meals
• Key principals in creating trust-based, experiential client learning materials and programs

What you’ll get

A carefully curated mix of informative, engaging, and interactive expert content including:

• 16+ hours of instruction, self-directed learning and application
• New, recorded presentations and video simulations by ESI faculty members to watch, pause, and replay
• Digital workbook
• Select handouts to use with your clients
• Virtual group discussion chats to review concepts and case studies with other participants and monitored by ESI faculty
• Digital copies of two popular Feeding with Love and Good Sense booklets
• Opportunity to attend live one-hour Q&A sessions with an ESI faculty member
• One-time discount for Ellyn Satter Institute store
• Three years of access to the course

When you pass the final exam with at least a 70% score and complete a critical reflection tool, you will receive a completion certificate for submission to the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). 

Please note that ESI does not submit this information for you. You are responsible for ensuring that your CPEUs are correctly registered.

Commission on Dietetic Registration Performance Indicators:

10.3.9 Leads the implementation of nutrition interventions in collaboration with clients/patients and the inter-professional team.

4.2.6 Integrates relevant information with previous learning, experience, professional knowledge, and current practice models.

9.3.5 Uses a variety of strategies to deliver education.

9.4.2 Assesses and identifies the current knowledge, skills, and cultural influences of populations.

Other programs you might be interested in:

For professionals wanting to develop mastery with comprehensive feeding and nutrition assessment and secondary and mild tertiary treatment, consider taking our Feeding with Love and Good Sense Master Course.

Student and Equity discounts available.  Please email [email protected] for coupon.