2025 CAN-EAT Approach © and SIPS Workshops©
Most all of my workshops will be presented virtually although I am starting to schedule in person events again. For dates, times, and cost, please see link below.
CAN-EAT Approach© 2025 Dates:
1. Sunday-Monday, January 19-20, 2025 (8:00 am – 4:00 pm EST), Web Conference:
2. Friday- Saturday, February 7-8, 2025 (8:00 am – 4:00 pm EST), In person Raleigh, NC (WakeMed)
3. Friday- Saturday, March 14-15, 2025 (8:00 am – 4:00 pm EST), In person - Arena Lake Norman, Mooresville, NC
4. Friday- Saturday, April 11-12, 2025 (8:00 am – 4:00 pm Local Time), PRIVATE COURSE, Houston, TX
5. Friday- Saturday, May 2-3, 2025 (8:00 am – 4:00 pm EST), Web Conference:
6. Friday- Saturday, July 18-19, 2025 (8:00 am – 4:00 pm EST), Web Conference:
7. Friday- Saturday, September 12-13, 2025 (8:00 am – 4:00 pm EST), Web Conference:
8. Friday- Saturday, October 3-4, 2025 (8:00 am – 4:00 pm EST), In person: San Antonio, TX
9. Friday- Saturday, November 7-8, 2025 (8:00 am – 4:00 pm EST), Web Conference:
10. Friday- Saturday, December 5-6, 2025 (8:00 am – 4:00 pm EST), Web Conference:
Additional CAN-EAT Approach Workshop
October 18-19, Virtual with Greek Translation, time and link to register TBD
SIPS© Webinar (offered live and recorded through Motivationsceu)
Live Webinar Dates and Times through Motivations:
- Wednesday, January 8, 2025 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm EST
- Wednesday, August 20, 2025 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm EST
- Additional SIPS Dates
- March 2025; Virtual with Greek Translation, time and link to register TBD
- September 2025; Virtual with Greek Translation, time and link to register TBD
For information about an existing workshop or if you would like to inquire about setting up a 1 or 2 day workshop or private training, please email Krisi Brackett at feedingnewsletter@gmail.com
What is the CAN-EAT Approach©?
Using medical, nutritional, motor, and therapeutic strategies to prioritize intervention in pediatric feeding
The CAN-EAT © Approach is based on 31 years of experience working in hospitals, early intervention, out-patient, and on a medically based feeding team. Pediatric Feeding Disorders (PFD) are complicated and multifactorial. Understanding how to support children and families with PFD from a medical and nutritional perspective as well as therapeutic will improve your ability to care for these clients.
CAN = Comfort and Nutrition- gut comfort, proper nutrition and growth, and swallowing function come first. This includes medical and nutritional intervention for reflux, constipation, food intolerance, hypersensitivity/pain issues and assessment of swallowing skills.
EAT = Establish Acceptance of dry spoon or easy textures, meal time schedule, or positive experiences with food then Therapy for oral motor and feeding skill development and improving volume and variety of intake.
Course Description: Pediatric feeding and swallowing problems are complicated and often multifactorial. This two-day course will focus on how to use medical, motor and behavioral strategies to diagnose, prioritize treatment options, and ensure successful outcomes for your patients.
Day 1: will concentrate on medical (GI and Airway) issues that interfere with feeding progression. Focus on identification and intervention of medical issues are covered in depth.
Day 2: will focus on nutritional management, feeding and swallowing evaluation, and therapeutic intervention. Therapy strategies for common feeding problems will be covered in depth with lecture, discussion, and video illustration. Live demos are welcome in in-person classes. Therapy topics covered will include weaning from a g-tube, improving acceptance of volume and variety of food, reducing picky eating, and oral motor progression from sucking to chewing.
Class Dynamic: I welcome open discussion- please bring your experience and challenging cases to brainstorm. You will leave this class with a solid foundation on how to approach children and families with PFD.