In today’s episode, Katja and Nicole are joined by Erin Forward. Erin is a speech therapist and certified lactation consultant at a children’s hospital. She has advanced training in pediatric feeding disorders, early language, AAC, and trauma, specifically for medically complex children. She is also a DIR floor time provider and a TBIR trained practitioner. Erin is a regular cohost of the First Bite podcast with Michelle Dawson. On top of all of that, Erin also educates other therapists on trauma informed feeding therapy in her course: Nourishing Connections. You can sign up now for her winter cohort at the link below!

In this episode we discussed her idea of mealtime literacy, trauma informed therapy, the emotional aspects of feeding, Erin’s 3 C’s of feeding therapy (comfort, connection, curiosity), what to look for in trauma vs. not trauma informed therapy, dealing with the stress of your child not eating, medical diagnosis that might underlie feeding challenges, and more. Erin shared some serious knowledge in this episode and we can’t wait for you to hear it.

First Bite podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/first-bite-a-speech-therapy-podcast/id1399630680

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Nourishing Connections course: https://www.erinforwardslp.com/trauma-informed-feeding-course

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Trauma Informed Feeding and Mealtime Literacy with Erin Forward