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RESOURCES & DISCIPLINES Bring This Course to You!
Melanie Potock, MA, CCC-SLP keeps the fun in feeding therapy! Using strategies developed during more than 12 years of running a private practice that focuses on treating pediatric feeding disorders in the home and school, Melanie utilizes the premise of applied behavior analysis to teach therapists and parents how to build progress while creating joyful mealtimes that are essential to nurturing the entire family. Mel's experience includes working with infants in the NICU, working in a pediatric rehabilitation center and visiting homes and schools to support independent, healthy eating. Mel's caseload includes children with significant medical issues, those transitioning from g-tube feeding to oral feeds and garden-variety picky eaters. Melanie is the author of Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater: A Stage-by-Stage Guidebook to Setting Your Child on the Path to Adventurous Eating. She is the author of Happy Mealtimes with Happy Kids: How to Teach Your Child the Joy of Food! and the executive producer of Dancing in the Kitchen: Songs that Celebrate the Joy of Food! Her expertise has been shared in Parent’s Magazine, the ASHA Leader, Autism Asperger's Digest, Colorado Parent, Healthcentral.com, Pediatric Web, and many other health, nutrition and special needs resources.
Financial Disclosure: Melanie Potock receives honoraria from CIAO Seminars for the presentation of this course. Melanie also receives royalties for her books Happy Mealtimes with Happy Kids and Raising a Health, Happy Eater, and the downloadable music from the CD, "Dancing in the Kitchen." These products are provided by Ms. Potock's company, My Munch Bug, LLC at wholesale cost to CIAO. A download code for her CD is given to attendees at this course. Both products are available through therapy catalogs and online distributors.
Non-financial Disclosure: Melanie is a monthly contributor to the American Speech Language Hearing Association’s blog, ASHAsphere and occasionally contributes articles to other blogs that have products recommended as tools for feeding therapy. Melanie does not receive financial compensation via these relationships.
The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
This course is offered for 0.8 ASHA CEUs (Introductory level, Professional area).
CIAO is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). CIAO complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices. As a result of this accreditation, CIAO is accredited to issue the IACET CEU.
CIAO is recognized on the NBCOT Provider Registry (meets PDU requirements for NBCOT)
"The strategies discussed in this seminar are very applicable. Excited about applying them in my treatment sessions."
- San Jose, CA / Feb 2016
"Very good information & presented in an enthusiastic and fun way."
- San Jose, CA / Feb 2016
"Thanks so much! This was fabulous. The information was overall really engaging and new information for me. I appreciate the way you targeted the presentation to us as professionals with prior knowledge."
- Nashville, TN / Feb 2016
"Great presentation - love the videos."
- Nashville (Fri), TN / Feb 2015
"I enjoyed the mix of stories, techniques and products we got to actually handle and look at."
- Nashville (Fri), TN / Feb 2015
"This is the first feeding therapy course I have gone to that has focused on the behaviors and how to address them. That was so helpful! Great information throughout."
- Nashville (Fri), TN / Feb 2015
"This session was awesome!! This course will help me help the families I serve."
- Nashville (Fri), TN / Feb 2015
"Feeling much more confident about family involvement in feeding therapy."
- Dallas, TX / Jan 2013
"Over the past 3 years, I have attended many feeding courses, but this course gave me very practical application and a simple approach to use with my current caseloads. I love that the approach is child and family focused. The take home with the Happy Mealtimes book was a bonus material and so useful! Thank you! Cant wait to take Day 2 in the future."
- Dallas, TX / Jan 2013
"Cant wait for the 2nd half! Would love to work one on one with her. I was trained in ABA before getting my masters and I love the fun and functional way to ABA applicable for feeding."
- Dallas, TX / Jan 2013
"Great course. Flow was good. Mix of audiovisual and lecture, very good. Very knowledgeable speaker. Love the practical knowledge. Ready to implement some new strategies on Monday."
- Dallas, TX / Jan 2013
"I really enjoyed this course."
- Dallas, TX / Jan 2013
"Great ideas and great videos."
- Dallas, TX / Jan 2013
"Wonderful presentation."
- Dallas, TX / Jan 2013
"I really enjoyed this course! It was a great balance between behavioral and sensory and I feel I will really be able to use what I learned to help my patients."
- Dallas, TX / Jan 2013
