Inclusive, neuroaffirming training designed for healthcare professionals working with children & young people experiencing challenges with feeding and eating.
An inclusive, neuroaffirming framework for understanding and supporting children and young people with feeding and eating challanges.
The Eating as Learning (EaL) Framework is designed specifically for healthcare professionals working with children and young people who experience feeding and eating difficulties.
Informed by parents and developed by The FED Foundation’s transdisciplinary team of clinicians and researchers, the Eating as Learning Framework equips professionals with the knowledge, tools and confidence to support children and young people through a responsive, evidence-informed and participation-focused approach.
Suitable for practitioners working across NHS, community, education and independent settings, including:
Children’s feeding difficulties rarely fit neatly into a single professional discipline. The Eating as Learning Framework provides practitioners with a shared approach that supports:
Explore feeding development and identify early indicators that a child may require additional support.
Use the WHO F-Words framework and multidisciplinary thinking to understand the causes, impacts and presentations of children’s feeding difficulties.
Learn how to assess feeding across medical, nutritional, feeding skill and psychosocial domains using the Assessment Battery and clinical reasoning tools.
Develop intervention plans that support regulation, autonomy, participation, skill development and family confidence.
Use strengths-based coaching approaches that support caregiver confidence, connection and sustainable change.
Learn how to use collaboration, curiosity and lived experience to guide intervention planning and outcome measurement.
Certified Eating as Learning Framework Practitioner
Certification provides access to the Eating as Learning Healthcare Professionals Community, including:
Access expert guidance and practical strategies to support children and young people.
We’re putting the finishing touches to our membership. Please check back soon.
The Foundation regularly works alongside other charities and community organisations to ensure families can access relevant support and opportunities to get involved.
Examples include:
Positive About Down Syndrome (PADS)
The Foundation worked with PADS to develop a parent webinar exploring feeding development and eating challenges experienced by some children with Down syndrome.
Autism West Midlands
Through workshops and learning events, families have been able to explore topics relating to feeding differences, participation and neurodevelopment.
Worcestershire Parent Carer Forum
Partnership work with Worcestershire Parent Carer Forum has provided opportunities to hear family perspectives, support local engagement activities and strengthen conversations around feeding development, SEND and inclusion.
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