Content Summary:
Eating problems in children and adolescents is an additional area that may be affected by the impact of the trauma on the child’s nervous system. Children can hide or hoard food, refuse to eat, may be excessively fussy or phobic about food, or may overeat. This course is designed to help carers and other practitioners to understand the underlying causes of eating problems in traumatised children and how to support the child with them.
Learning Outcomes
As a result of completing this training Foster Carers can learn about:
- how neglect and trauma can impact on a child’s eating behaviour
- what food insecurity is and how it presents
- why vulnerable children may present with behaviours such as hiding, hoarding, and stealing food
- understanding problems with overeating
- about avoidant/restrictive food Intake Disorder (ARFID)-how not all food refusal is related to body image and fear of gaining weight
- how to support children who overeat, have food insecurity or are over fussy or reluctant eaters
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