Inclusive Approaches to Supporting Neurodivergent Children with Feeding Challenges (March 2025)

$1,350 or 4 monthly payments of $337.50

Inclusive Approaches to Supporting Neurodivergent Children with Feeding Challenges (March 2025)

“Picky”, Selective, ARFID? Assessment and Treatment of Pediatric Feeding Difficulties in Neurodivergent Children

20-Hour Course Designed to Equip Registered Dietitians, Feeding Professionals (OTs, SLPs), Educators, and Mental Health Providers to Treat and Assess Neurodivergent Children with Feeding Difficulties

Approved for 20 CPEUs by the CDR
March 20th - June 4th 2025 (see dates and timing below)
Bonus modules with guest speakers
Extended access (6 months once course is delivered)

This course is built for dietitians and professionals like you who are passionate about providing the absolute best care to their neurodivergent clients and families.

Too often, feeding frameworks and models used in our profession are centred on the feeding and eating experiences of non-disabled and “typically” developing children. Neurodivergencies such as autism, ADHD, SPD and PDA are often left out of feeding and nutrition research.

Because of this, many professionals feel ill-equipped to support their clients with brain differences. This course highlights feeding differences and challenges from the neurodivergent perspective focusing on acceptance, skill-building, advocacy and accommodation.

Understanding the neurodiversity paradigm and how brain differences impact eating and feeding right from infancy and childhood is an essential part of providing affirming and respectful care.

This course is committed to doing justice to all bodies and brains and is offered through a weight-inclusive, responsive feeding, trauma-informed and brain-affirming lens.

The material is challenging and is geared towards clinicians working from a social justice perspective.

The course is NOT about “fixing” neurodivergent children or their bodies but about supporting them and making sure you have the tools and resources to do so!

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Investment: $1350 USD or 4 payments of $337.50

This course will help you:

Understand feeding and eating challenges seen in neurodivergent children
Recognize how trauma and masking impact eating and feeding
Gain tools and knowledge you need to assess and treat children with feeding difficulties including ARFID cases
Feel more confident assessing and treating children with sensory processing differences & executive functioning differences
Understand and implement the Neurodiversity Affirming Model® into practice
Guide clients and families so they can access neuro-affirming accommodations for feeding differences and enhance nourishment
Build an anti-oppressive practice and advocate for your clients
Expand your practice!

We will cover topics such as the neurodiversity paradigm, attachment, infant and child development, sensory processing, feeding dynamics, responsive feeding therapy, trauma-informed care, and much more!

Here's what's inside this course

Part 1: Disability Justice and the Neurodiversity Paradigm

Part 2: Working from a Neurodiversity-Affirming Perspective

Part 3: Feeding Development, Attachment, and Early Signs of Feeding Differences

Part 4: Selective Eating, “Picky Eating” Support and Challenging Healthism, Diet Culture, Fatphobia and Ableism

Part 5: Intro to Sensory Systems and Supporting Children with Decreased Interoceptive Awareness

Part 6: Supporting children with extreme "picky eating" and avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID)

Part 7: Trauma-Informed Care and Prioritizing Felt Safety

Part 8: Conducting Thorough Assessments

Part 9: Goals and Treatment that Honour Inclusion Part 1

Part 10: Goals and Treatment that Honour Inclusion Part 2 & Case Studies

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Full Investment: $1350 USD or 4 payments of $337.50

Meet the Instructor

I’m Naureen Hunani, a multiply neurodivergent dietitian with over 18 years of clinical experience. I specialize in feeding disorders, including ARFID, and I’m particularly interested in the intersection of neurodivergence and feeding differences. I’m incredibly passionate about helping dietitians and helping professionals build neurodiversity-informed practices.

Even though feeding differences are commonly seen in the neurodivergent population, not many of us were trained in how to support this population in a way that is affirming and trauma-informed. I love to support pro-justice, HAES®-aligned professionals who are striving to build liberatory practices.

To learn more about RDs for Neurodiversity, click here

Together, we can decrease barriers and improve access to care for neurodivergent children and families. By embracing an inclusive approach, we can build liberatory practices!

Save these dates:

Classes:

March 20, 27

April 3, 10, 24

May 1, 8, 15, 29

June 4

Time: 12:00-2:00pm Eastern Time

Kind words from previous participants

Lindsay Stenovec, MS, RD

Naureen's course has fundamentally changed the way I practice and provide care for clients and families. She has a gift for creating a brave space where you will be challenged to re-think your care process and foundational approaches in the RD field while nurturing a supportive and honest community of participants. I learned so much about providing neurodivergent affirming care. I've found I can be more intentional about holding space for all of the ways people and families can experience food. Rather than feeling tied to a certain feeding/eating approach or a "right" way to eating, I feel confident adapting and stepping "outside of the box" to reduce ableism and avoid unnecessarily pathologizing needs around the eating experience.

Marci Evans MS, CEDRD-S, LDN

Naureen and her trainings have been an absolute game changer for me and proven to be some of the very best investments I've made in my recent professional development. Naureen offers the rare and powerful combination of lived experience, clinical acumen, compassionate teaching style, and paradigm-shifting perspective that makes for a truly transformational learning experience. If you want your work to be less oppressive and more affirming,
particularly for neurodivergent individuals, engage in training with Naureen.

Sarah Norris, The Sensory Coach

In the emerging landscape that is neurodiversity affirming health care, Naureen's courses are a beacon for illuminating much of the territory that must be traversed for professionals seeking to learn and make meaningful change in their practices with clients. She has put so much time, thought, and heart into her content, and it really shows. She cultivates a safe place to unpack the many layers that have created systems of harm in health care, and brings so much warmth and compassion to the knowledge she shares with others. I have benefitted both personally and professionally from the learning community she has created, and I look forward to continuing to learn and grow from and with her for many years to come.

Course Delivery

Here's What You Can Expect

10 x 2 Hour Live Trainings

Ten modules of 2 hours delivered over thirteen weeks with built-in integration weeks so you can have the time to process and reflect on your learning. All sessions are recorded. Meeting regularly keeps us connected to a community of peers on the same journey and affirms that we are not alone.

A Nurturing Community

Join a community of RDs and professionals just like you, who are committed to serving their neurodivergent clients with the utmost respect, understanding, and up-to-date knowledge and who are working toward the same goal of building inclusive practices.

Additional Resources

Weekly handouts, additional learning material and recorded sessions will be posted a week in advance so participants can go over the material and have more time to process the information.

Supportive Learning Environment

We meet via zoom so that you can log in and participate wherever you are! Modules are delivered live so that you can feel supported in your learning and have multiple opportunities to ask questions and interact.

Frequently asked questions

You’ve got questions. We’ve got answers.

Do you offer equity pricing?

Yes, we do offer equity pricing. If you are a member of an under-represented group and would like to have access to equity-based pricing, please email us and we will send you a code. Spots are limited.

Do I have to be on the calls live?

While there are benefits to attending the classes live, we recognize that this may not be possible for everyone and for every call. Recordings will be available on the portal within 24 hours, and you will have access for 3 months after the course has been delivered.

What is your refund policy?

As with most educational organizations, we don't offer refunds for courses. If you have more questions or you’d like to talk through your decision to enroll in this course, please feel free to schedule a discovery call here.

Is this course only geared towards Dietitians?

Any professional working with neurodivergent children with feeding differences can benefit from this course.

I am a recent graduate, is this an advance course?

Whether you are a recent graduate or have been practicing for several years, you would benefit from this course because there is such a lack of training on the topic of neurodiversity and feeding differences. Even seasoned RDs feel like they can use more support on this topic.

How much time do I have to devote per week?

2 hour live classes are held weekly, you will also receive additional learning material to explore at your own pace. Including the live classes and the additional material, participants usually devote 2-3 hours per week on their learning.

How long will I have access to this course?

Once the course is completed, you will have three more months to review and integrate the material.

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Full investment: $1350 USD or 4 payments of $337.50