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Training by topic: Eating and food issues

From Scarcity to Security: Food Trauma in Foster Care

Learn how food can be a significant source of anxiety, fear, and even trauma with children in foster care and how to help the child in your home.

  • Presented by Allyssa DelPiano, Marketing Specialist at Cayuga Centers
  • Format: self study via article
  • Training hours awarded on completion: .5 hours

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Food Hoarding: Food Insecurity and Compulsive Behaviors in Children

Heather Saak provides training on food hoarding to better assist parents in caring for foster and adopted children who have experienced abuse and neglect.

  • Presented by Heather Saak
  • Format: self study via video
  • Training hours awarded on completion: 1.5 hour

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Positive Parenting Strategies: Food Hoarding Part 2

Learn about food hoarding and how how to handle this behavior depending on your diagnosis.

  • Presented by Kale Johnson, ACRF
  • Format: self study via audio
  • Training hours awarded on completion: 1 hour
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Positive Parenting Strategies: Food Hoarding Part 1

Learn about food hoarding and how how to handle this behavior depending on your child's needs.

  • Presented by Kale Johnson and Jodi von Brandt, ACRF
  • Format: self study via audio
  • Training hours awarded on completion: 1 hour
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Improving Safety and Comfort with Eating and Drinking at Home

Learn about how to improve the safety and comfort with eating and drinking for individual who have feeding and swallowing difficulties.

  • Presented by Mary P. Dooher, M.A., CCC-SLP, Speech Language Pathologist in Mat-su Borough, AK
  • Format: self study via video
  • Training hours awarded on completion: 1 hour

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Eating healthy and shopping on a budget

Learn how to shop on a budget and provide healthy meals for children in your care.

  • Presented by Jodi von Brandt, Alaska Center for Resource Families
  • Format: self-study via PDF reading (Tiny Training Byte series)
  • Training hours awarded on completion: 1 hour

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Engaging food battles

Understand why children struggle with food-related issues and how to respond when challenges arise. Learn the need for focus to be on every aspect of a child's well-being in order to help them heal.

  • Presented by Dr. Karyn Purvis, Empowered to Connect
  • Format: self-study via video
  • Training hours awarded on completion: .5 hours

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Food and eating issues and children in foster care

Learn information, tips, and strategies for handling food issues with children in your care.

  • Presented by Dr. Ken McCann, Blank Children's Hospital
  • Format: self-study via video
  • Training hours awarded on completion: .5 hours

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