Circle Education Pediatric Feeding Intensive

Name: Circle Education Pediatric Feeding Intensive — 24 Hour Feeding Therapist
Brand: 24 Hour Feeding Therapist
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from $549.00

Join Circle Education for a two-day, in-person Pediatric Feeding Intensive designed to help clinicians move from uncertainty to confidence in addressing feeding challenges that impact oral intake.

This immersive experience combines nutrition, oral motor performance, and functional feeding intervention, offering a clear, practical pathway for supporting children with feeding challenges across a wide range of presentations.

Join Circle Education for a two-day, in-person Pediatric Feeding Intensive designed to help clinicians move from uncertainty to confidence in addressing feeding challenges that impact oral intake.

Type:

Early Bird (Before Apr 3)

In-Person Standard (After Apr 3)

Virtual Access

Friday: Day One – Foundations + Connection

Morning Session (4 hours)

Nutrition Considerations in Pediatric Feeding

Led by a Emma Rodriguez, Nutritionist

This mini course supports feeding therapists in understanding pediatric nutrition through the lens of feeding therapy. Participants will explore how nutritional needs intersect with feeding skill development, intake progression, and parent education—without increasing pressure around eating.

Afternoon Session (4 hours)

Laying the Foundation: Identifying Oral Motor Performance Deficits

Led by Debb Dorsett, MOT, OTR/L, CEIM

This course focuses on building clinical reasoning and observational skills related to oral motor performance. Participants will learn how to recognize and describe oral motor challenges that impact feeding, eating, drinking, and swallowing, and how these challenges may influence safety, efficiency, and progression of oral intake.

Evening Event

Therapist Social Hour

Connect and collaborate with fellow feeding professionals at a local pub. This informal social hour is designed to foster community, shared learning, and professional connection in a relaxed setting.

(Food and drinks purchased individually.)

Day Two – Functional Application

Full Day (8 hours)

Bridging the Gap: From Feeding Challenges to Functional Oral Intake

Led by Debb Dorsett, MOT, OTR/L, CEIM

This full-day course focuses on translating previously identified oral motor performance deficits into skilled, functional feeding interventions that support meaningful increases in oral intake. Emphasis is placed on functional context, graded progression, responsive feeding, safety awareness, and parent coaching.

Clinical Reasoning Tool for Feeding Evaluations

Led by Ariona Smith

This one hour mini session will focus on introduction and application of a concise 1-2 page tool that supports occupational therapy practitioners in determining focus areas of feeding intervention, goal writing, parent education and how to focus and progress feeding goals following a feeding evaluation.

OT Clinical Practice Guidelines for Infants and Toddlers with Feeding Difficulties

Led by Amanda Clowdis, OT/S

This one hour mini course will introduce participants to the capstone project and tool: Occupational Therapy Clinical Practice Guidelines for Infants and Toddlers with Feeding Difficulties. This practical tool includes definitions of feeding difficulties, typical development and feeding progression trajectories, and research / evidence based considerations when providing feeding evaluation and intervention to support best practice for 0-5 populations.