Description

19th – 22nd August 2025

Responsive Feeding House Model:
A family centred approach to paediatric feeding assessment and therapy.

Whether you are new to paediatric feeding or are an experienced therapist keen to expand your knowledge and skills, this workshop is for you! 

Four days filled with case studies, videos, knowledge sharing, and discussion. 

Download Brochure HERE

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Aerial Function Centre, University of Technology Sydney 

Face to Face or Livestream 

8:30am – 5pm

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Day 1 and 2  | 19th – 20th August 2025 

Learning Outcomes 

1. To understand what Responsive Feeding is and why it is so important in our practice.
   
2. To feel confident in undertaking a feeding assessment in children (aged 2-12 years).
   
3. To be aware of the developmental stages of chewing in older children (2 years up) and their importance in paediatric feeding assessments.
   
4. To understand what the Responsive Feeding House Model is and how it can be applied to your caseload.
   
5. To know how to increase a child’s food variety (children aged 2-12 years).
   
6. To understand how to apply responsive feeding strategies with fussy eaters.
   
7. To gain a sound understanding of neurodiversity affirming feeding practices and their application to your caseload.
   
8. To understand how to apply responsive feeding strategies in children with PFD.
   
9. To know how to write feeding assessment reports and plans (children aged 2-12 years).

 

Who should attend: Day 1 and 2 are suited to therapists working in private practice or community health whose caseload includes preschool and school aged children with fussy or restricted eating. 

 

What is not included: Breast, bottle feeding and introduction to solids will not be covered. Please attend the 2-day paediatric infant feeding workshop for these topics.  Our Responsive Feeding Infant Workshop is an online workshop that will run on the 19th and 20th of February 2026.  Click HERE to find out more.

 

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Day 3  | 21st August 2025

Learning Outcomes 

1. To understand how the Responsive Feeding House Model can be used with complex feeding cases.
   
2. To be more aware of how to apply neurodiversity affirming feeding principles in your practice.
   
3. To understand the inter-relationship complexities of ARFID and Paediatric Feeding Disorders (PFD).
   
4. To feel confident in knowing how to increase variety in very restricted eaters.
   
5. To become more sensory aware in your feeding sessions (Guest Speaker: Rebecca Penfold, Senior Occupational Therapist).

 

Who should attend: Therapists working in private practice or community health whose caseload includes preschool and school aged children with sensory food preferences (5 foods of less) that impact on their ability to participate in family meals. 

 

Day 3 Guest Speaker:  Rebecca Penfold 

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST – COASTWIDE THERAPY SERVICES 

Supporting sensory challenges in children with complex feeding difficulties. 

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Day 4 | 22nd August 2025

Learning Outcomes 

1. To understand and apply the principles of oral motor therapy in children with disabilities. 

2. To challenge your thinking around dysphagia assessment and management (Guest Speaker: Kate Headley, Senior Speech Pathologist). 

3. To understand how to support complex tube feeding clients (Guest Speaker: Lauren Gladman, Senior Dietitian). 

4. To be more aware of how to apply trauma informed principles in your feeding caseload and in your team. 

5. To feel confident in knowing how to support an anxious child in feeding therapy. 

6. To know how to problem solve with your complex feeding caseload (case study multidisciplinary based). 

 

Who should attend: Therapists working in private practice or community health whose caseload includes delayed oral motor skills, tube feeding, aspiration, and children with high levels of worry/ anxiety around trying new foods. 

 

Day 4 Guest Speakers: 

Lauren Gladman | DIETITIAN 

Tube feeding and weaning: working collaboratively with a Dietitian. 

Kate Headley | SPEECH PATHOLOGIST 

Considerations in dysphagia management for children with complex support needs. 

Our Responsive Feeding House Model is a responsive feeding framework that can be used with any child or family struggling with feeding challenges. 

This family centred model is grounded in evidence-based theory and supports you in developing therapy programs that are successful and that focus on generalising long-term feeding goals. 

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Tickets on sale: 13th January 2025

(early bird ends on 30th June 2025) 

BUNDLE 1 | Days 1 & 2 

Feeding assessment and expanding food variety using the Responsive Feeding House Model 

$720 early bird* $760 full price* 

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BUNDLE 2 | Days 1, 2 & 3 

Supporting complex sensory eaters and utilising trauma informed frameworks in therapy: diving deeper into feeding therapy. 

$1010 early bird* $1,070 full price* 

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BUNDLE 3 | Days 1, 2 & 4

Supporting children with a disability and chewing difficulties, tube feeding and aspiration.  Diving deeper into feeding therapy. 

$1010 early bird* $1,070 full price* 

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NOTE: Single tickets to day 3 and 4 are available to those who have already attended day 1 and 2 of the workshop series in previous years. 

Please email us at feedingtherapyaustralia@gmail.com to purchase these individual days. 

*GST is added at checkout.