Picky Eating Series 2025 – Supporting Selective Eaters

Picky Eaters at School – Challenges, Strategies, and Considerations for Dietitians

This session will help dietitians address the unique challenges picky eaters face in schools and adapt interventions for neurodivergent children, those with ARFID, and pediatric feeding disorders.

Participants will explore the impact of school nutrition policies, learn actionable strategies to support staff and parents, and promote positive eating behaviors. Additionally, they will discover ways dietitians can directly influence school communities through resources and consulting.

Objectives: At the end of this webinar, participants will:

• Be able to identify the challenges that picky eaters face at school and how they differ from challenges at home;
• Have actionable strategies and tips on hand for supporting picky eaters in the school setting;
• Understand the nutrition policies in school and how they may affect a child’s eating behaviors, especially those children who are picky, neurodivergent, who have an avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) or a pediatric feeding disorder (PFD);
• Know how to support parents looking to make positive changes in their child’s school and how that translates to teachers and school staff.

Dr. Taylor Arnold is a pediatric nutrition expert. She specializes in helping parents nurture healthy relationships with food so their kids eat more veggies and don’t obsess over sweets.

Dr. Taylor is a mom of three, has a PhD in nutrition, and is a pediatric registered dietitian. She has a YouTube channel and with FREE content and courses to parents about healthy relationship with food, picky eating, and infant solids introduction.

Her mission is to change the world by making this information accessible and affordable to EVERYONE, and to help parents raise the next generation of eaters to love and nourish their bodies.

From “Dream-on” to “Dream Home Makeover”: What can we promise parents of picky eaters? A Selection of Picky Eating Case Studies

Rosanne will provide participants with practical tools to support parents of picky eaters, including effective prompts, analogies, and strategies to improve understanding and drive change. Attendees will gain clarity on when to apply structured feeding frameworks versus deviating from conventional advice and learn how to balance education with coaching in session design. Additionally, the session will address tailoring approaches based on the child’s age and family dynamics.

Objectives: At the end of this webinar, participants will:

• Have new tools when working with parents of picky eaters, including in-session prompts, analogies and strategies
• Better understand when to implement structured feeding frameworks vs. go against the grain of ‘common feeding advice’;’
• Understand the difference between education sessions vs. coaching sessions, why we need more coaching for parents of kids with feeding differences;
• How to adjust our approach based on the age of the child and the parenting structure.

Rosanne Robinson is a Registered Dietitian and co-owner of Blueprint Nutrition, a virtual counselling and consulting company that supports families and individuals in the areas of Sport Nutrition and Pediatric Nutrition.

Rosanne leads the pediatric team of dietitians and specifically supports families with children who have feeding differences, including selective eating and ARFID.

She is passionate about helping parents build (or restore) trust in the feeding relationship and raise intuitive eaters who have a good relationship with food and their bodies. She is active on Instagram at @blueprint.nutrition.kids.

Working with Complex Feeding Cases – Practical Tips for Outpatient Dietitians

Dietitians are often involved in complex cases where eating or feeding is significantly impacted. These cases require us to shift our practice from providing nutrition education to engaging with our clients in more nuanced ways. Grace has curated a list of commonly discussed topics from her case consultation work with dietitians. This webinar is intended to address issues outpatient dietitians often encounter in their day-to-day practice.

Objectives: At the end of this webinar, participants will:

• Be equipped with practical actionable tips outpatient dietitians can implement in their practice; such as clearly defining your role and niche;
• Possess specific strategies to determine the best therapeutic fit, establish an easy intake process, define expectations and logistics;
• Discuss how to connect theories and knowledge with clinical practice; with a focus on change vs acceptance;
• Consider clinical themes dietitians encounter in complex feeding cases and how to go from being stuck to unstuck.

Grace Wong is a Registered Dietitian specializing in feeding and eating disorders. She works with all ages from a weight inclusive lens.

She has learned immensely through working with different developmental stages, from infants to youth and adults. Grace is intrigued by how relationships and life experiences shape the way we nourish ourselves.

She is experienced in working with a broad range of eating challenges along with complex co-existing conditions including avoidant/ restrictive food intake disorder. Besides her clinical practice, she also supports dietitians and other health professionals through consultation and supervision.

Trauma Sensitive Approach in Working with Neurodivergent Children with Feeding Challenges

Janice will look at different aspects of neurodivergence and how they might contribute to feeding challenges. She will explore the potential impacts of different feeding practices, and discuss ways to implement key principles for fostering a trauma-sensitive feeding approach to support neurodivergent children and families in eating and feeding.

Objectives: At the end of this webinar, participants will:

• Gain insights into neurodivergence and its influence on eating and feeding behaviors;
• Understand trauma and how that can show up in challenging feeding situations;
• Learn key principles for fostering a trauma-sensitive eating environment for neurodivergent children;
• Understand the unique challenges and considerations when guiding families and parents in implementing supportive changes at home.

Janice Cho is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist who started her career in California, working with high risk premature babies, kids and adults.

After nearly 10 years of working in the hospital, Janice and her young family moved to New York City where she started a new branch of The MomCo (MOPS), an international community of support for mothers, in the Bronx.

As a mom to neurodivergent, neurotypical, adoptee and biological children, she saw the need for different ways support children with neurodivergence and trauma experiences. Her personal challenges as a parent lead her to pursue further training in responsive and trauma informed feeding practices and trust based parenting strategies.

After the pandemic, Janice and her family moved to Malaysia. She and her husband founded Fed to Flourish, a child and family development center, where she provides support for children with feeding challenges, and facilitates the Cultivate Connection course for parents.