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Who is this training for?: Parents, carers or families supporting children and young people with complex feeding difficulties or ARFID presentations. The child does not need a formal diagnosis of ARFID for parents to attend and benefit from these sessions. Hand outs and resources are available for download with each session. Each session is around 1 hour long and you can watch them as many times as you like. Session 1 – Introduction to complex feeding and ARFID and the impact of these difficulties. This session includes information on understanding complex feeding difficulties including ARFID presentations and the impact on the individual and the families together with information on the research about the outcomes for people with these presentations. Session 2 - Strategies to help part one and emotional regulation. This session includes information on strategies to support expansion of food intake including information about routines, food preparation and emotional regulation. Session 3 – Strategies to help part two. This session includes information on strategies for expansion of food intake including food play and sensory desensitisation and food trials. Session 4 - Dietary intake and oral motor skills. Delivered by one of our dietitians and speech and language therapists this session includes information on physical health risks, how to meet nutritional needs and the impact of constipation, alongside understating the impact of chewing or swallowing difficulties how they might develop and strategies to support this including thinking about oral care and positioning when eating. Session 5 – Strategies to help part three and maintaining progress. This session includes information on strategies for expansion of food intake including food chaining and supporting anxiety when eating, together with final thoughts on maintaining progress. These sessions are on demand videos. You will have 90 days of access once you start.