Baby led feeding - New Shoots Tauranga
Sat, 10 Jul
|New Shoots Tauranga
Raise a confident and mindful eater right from the first bite! This workshop offers practical, evidence-based tips for starting solids and feeding your baby in the first two years, facilitated by Feeding specialist and paediatric dietitian Rachael Wilson.
Time & location
10 Jul 2021, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
New Shoots Tauranga, 850 Cameron Road, Tauranga South, Tauranga 3140, New Zealand
Guests
Event details
Another brilliant workshop brought to you in collaboration with New Shoots Early Childhood Center in Tauranga.
Whether you choose to follow a traditional weaning approach, want to know how to do baby-led weaning safely or combine the two. Infant feeding specialist and paediatric dietitian Rachael will have plenty of tips and research-based advice on how to help your child develop a positive relationship with food and their body from the first bite. We will also provide information on ideal first foods, to provide the best nutrition for your little one.
This workshop is for you if you:
- Have questions about what foods to start with
- Are worried about how to avoid choking
- Want to nurture a child who is a joy to feed and how to prevent feeding issues as your child grows
- Want to raise a child who eats a wide variety of food
- Want to chat and ask questions from a qualified child feeding specialist
- Have questions about how to manage high allergy risk foods
- Would like to meet other local parents with similar aged babies!
There will be plenty of space to bring your little ones and a relaxed environment. Tickets are limited to enable it to be comfortable for little ones so grab your tickets quickly !!
Reserve a spot
Early Bird Ticket
$30.00
Sold OutDouble Ticket
Two tickets- includes nibbles and refreshments
$65.00
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Includes nibbles and refreshments
$40.00
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Rachael Wilson
Paediatric and Eating Disorder Dietitian &
Family Feeding Specialist
Rachael is a UK-trained, New Zealand Registered Dietitian with over 20 years of clinical experience. She specialises in paediatric feeding difficulties, Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), eating disorders and neurodivergent feeding experiences, supporting children, adolescents, adults and their families.
Her professional background includes extensive specialist training in paediatric feeding and eating disorders, including Responsive Feeding Therapy, the SOS Approach to Feeding, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Eating Disorders and Family-Based Treatment for Anorexia. She is also an Ellyn Satter Institute Affiliate Child Feeding Affiliate with additional training in trauma-informed care, neurodiversity-affirming feeding practices and mindfulness for children.
Drawing on her extensive clinical experience and understanding of nutrition, feeding development, neurodivergence and emotional wellbeing, Rachael developed the ARFID Empowerment Model™ (AEM).
The model integrates evidence-informed approaches within a practical, neurodiversity-affirming and trauma-informed framework, helping clinicians look beyond food intake to understand the underlying factors influencing feeding and eating difficulties.
Don't miss out on the training!
Here's what other parents are saying about The Food Tree approach
Isabelle Vincent
“The AEM is hands down the most comprehensive course currently available to professionals in the feeding space. The content is varied, with lecture-style presentations, videos and a membership hub where learning can take place at your own pace.
Rachael’s immense expertise and holistic philosophy are beautifully woven throughout the course. I cannot recommend it highly enough!”
Speech and Language Therapist NZ
“This course takes you on a journey to look at the big picture and explore the deeper questions behind why a child does not eat. It considers questions around identity, belonging, feeling safe and capacity for change.
The course provides a place to explore and challenge assumptions about feeding that can be embedded in professional practice, bringing those working in this field to a fresh understanding of what is needed to effect change.”
“I found the AEM approach open, inspiring and liberating. It creates space to wonder, explore and challenge established ways of thinking. It’s already making me rethink how I interview and work with families.”
