10:30-11:30am + Percolator (optional) 11:30-12pm

PEAS is updating the Clinical Practice Guide (CPG) to reflect new evidence and provide more information to healthcare providers caring for children with Pediatric Feeding Disorder. Learn about updates to some sections of the CPG including surgical treatment, choosing a soother, tube weaning, blended feeds, and the neurorelational framework.

Hear firsthand what the changes to the CPG are from a panel of AHS subject matter experts who authored them.

Audience: medical & health professionals

Agenda:

• 10:30 am: Presentation
• 11:15 am: Questions & Answers
• 11:30-12pm: Percolator Time (optional opportunity for additional questions & discussion)

 Registration required (Free): EventBrite

Part 2: Treatment | Eating, Feeding & Swallowing for children on the Autism Spectrum: Getting the info and figuring out what to do with it

Nov 2, 2022 | 10:30 - 11:30am + Percolator 11:30-12pm

PEAS has invited the Glenrose (Alberta) and Holland-Bloorview (Ontario) Rehabilitation Hospitals to co-present a two part series on autism and feeding. The first presentation will focus on Assessment, and the second will focus on Treatment.

Audience: medical & health professionals

Registration Link: https://peas-autism2.eventbrite.ca

Objectives - Learn how to:

• Utilize techniques from multiple approaches to target appropriate areas of concern
• Write goals that facilitate strategy use and skill development
• Engage family in the goal setting process and implementation stages of treatment burst

Agenda:

• 10:30am: Presentation
• 11:20 am: Questions & Answers
• 11:30 - 12:00 pm: Percolator Time (optional opportunity for additional questions & discussion)

Part 1: Assessment | Eating, Feeding & Swallowing for children on the Autism Spectrum: Getting the info and figuring out what to do with it

Oct 26, 2022 | 10:30 - 11:30am + Percolator 11:30-12pm

PEAS has invited the Glenrose (Alberta) and Holland-Bloorview (Ontario) Rehabilitation Hospitals to co-present a two part series on autism and feeding. The first presentation will focus on Assessment, and the second will focus on Treatment.

Audience: medical & health professionals

Registration link: https://peas-autism1.eventbrite.ca

Learning Objectives:

• Discussion of important points to consider when assessing eating, feeding & swallowing with a child on the Autism Spectrum
• To understand how to bring together assessment information to form appropriate goals
• Case study presentation bringing together assessment details, synthesis of results and application to treatment

Agenda:

• 10:30am: Presentation
• 11:20 am: Questions & Answers
• 11:30 - 12:00 pm: Percolator Time (optional opportunity for additional questions & discussion)

Feeding disorders from the gastroenterologist’s perspective: Broadening the differential diagnosis
May 31, 2022 | 2-3pm + Percolator 3-3:30pm

PEAS has invited Dr. Rachel Rosen, a Pediatric Gastroenterologist, to speak about feeding disorders and intolerance. She is the Director of the Aerodigestive Center at Boston Children's Hospital, and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.

Audience: medical & health professionals

Learning Objectives:

• To review the current treatment algorithms for feeding difficulties
• To understand the role of diagnostic testing in pediatric feeding disorder patients
• To discuss novel therapies offering future promise in pediatrics

Agenda:

• 2:00 pm: Presentation
• 2:50 pm: Questions & Answers
• 3:00 - 3:30 pm: Percolator Time (optional opportunity for additional questions & discussion)

Registration: https://peas-pfd-gi.eventbrite.ca

Recording: The session will also be recorded and posted under PEAS Courses & Webinars

Multidisciplinary Group Strategies for Expanding Food Choices for Children with Pediatric Feeding Disorder

Apr 27, 2022 | 9 - 10am + Percolator 10-10:30am

PEAS has invited Carrie Owen, an accredited Occupational Therapist and Lactation Consultant, to speak about novel ways to manage waitlists using a group treatment model and online learning modules, evaluate program outcomes, and the value of interprofessional teamwork.

Carrie is a program designer, facilitator, researcher, lecturer and author in the field of feeding and related developmental needs of infants, children and teens. She coordinated, developed and consults to the feeding clinics at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) and has developed an Online Learning Module for the reluctant feeder.

Carrie is a clinical researcher and has been the principal investigator for three research projects focusing on interventions for children with pediatric feeding disorders. Carrie has won two of CHEO’s Gold Ribbon awards for Innovation and Stewardship.

Audience: medical & health professionals

Learning Objectives:

• Analyze the program evaluation results for CHEO interprofessional (IP) feeding group
• Apply methods for managing extensive wait list for children with feeding challenges
• Outline parent perceptions of an interprofessional feeding group treatment model
• Illustrate an online learning module for families of children with feeding challenges

Agenda:

• 9:00 am: Presentation
• 9:50 am: Questions & Answers
• 10:00 -10:30 am: Percolator Time (optional opportunity for additional questions & discussion)

Registration Required:

• EventBrite: https://peas-strategies.eventbrite.ca

Recording: The session will also be recorded and posted under PEAS Courses & Webinars

Responsive Feeding Therapy in Action: A Case Study of Limited Food Variety
Nov 24, 2021 | 11-12pm + Percolator 12-12:30pm

PEAS has invited Grace Wong, RD, MSc, CEDRD-S to speak about responsive feeding therapy using illustrative case studies. Grace is a clinical dietitian practicing in Calgary, Alberta. She has 15 years of clinical experience in mental health and pediatric nutrition. She works with a diverse presentation of feeding and eating disorders. She is experienced in working with co-existing conditions including ADHD, autism spectrum, sensory processing challenges, anxiety, depression, addictions and trauma.

Audience: medical & health professionals

Learning Objectives:

1. Learners will identify 3 tools that support the intervention process (pediatric feeding care cycle, food record, goal wheel)
2. Learners will understand the application of Responsive Feeding Therapy in practice and interventions
3. Learners will be able to apply/create a framework for case conceptualization and developing interventions

Agenda:

• 11:00 am: Presentation
• 11:45 am: Questions & Answers
• 12:00 pm: Percolator Time (optional opportunity for additional questions & discussion)

Registration: https://responsive-feeding.eventbrite.ca

If you are unable to attend, we will also post a recording of the session on the PEAS website under PEAS Courses and Webinars.

Quality Improvement along the Patient Journey: quality improvement tools, examples and panel discussion

The Pediatric Eating And Swallowing (PEAS) project is hosting a Quality Improvement webinar where panelists will introduce practical tools to help teams target and implement improvements along the patient journey. Panelists include a Family member and AHS Quality Improvement consultants involved in the PEAS project. They will demonstrate quality improvement tools such as Patient Journey Mapping, Root Cause Analysis, Plan-Do-Study-Act test cycles, and more!

• Audience: health providers and leaders
• Registration required to access the webinar: https://peas-qi-journey.eventbrite.ca
• Preparation: you are invited to come with questions for our panelists regarding quality improvement topics such as patient navigation, wait time management, patient experience and satisfaction, staff engagement, change adoption, etc…

If you are unable to attend, we will also post a recording of the session on the PEAS website under PEAS Courses and Webinars.

Understanding Pediatric Feeding Disorders:
Introduction to assessment, treatment planning, and clinical management

PEAS has invited Alan Silverman, PhD, one of the lead authors of the seminal Pediatric Feeding Disorder (PFD) diagnostic framework paper to introduce PFD with differential features computing and contrasting with eating disorders and ARFID. His talk will include illustrative case studies.

Audience: medical & health professionals

Click to register: https://understanding-pfd.eventbrite.ca

If you are unable to attend, we will also be recording the session and posting it on the PEAS website.

The Pediatric Eating and Swallowing (PEAS) Project is a provincial quality improvement initiative that has developed a provincial clinical pathway to standardize and improve care for children with a pediatric eating, feeding and swallowing disorder.  We are pleased to offer the following training sessions to introduce the new resources and tools available for healthcare providers.

PEAS Healthcare Provider Training Invitation

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