Course Type: 720—Preapproved Self-Study Materials, Printed.
Includes CE Evaluation/Reporting Form: You will submit it online and receive your CE Certificate immediately.
Suggested Learning Level: 2
About This Course
A must if you work with kids! This companion to the bestselling Discover Mindful Eating brings the wisdom, whimsy and FUN of mindful eating to kids and their parents and caregivers.
Features:
- 75 client-ready handouts on Mindful Eating activities for kids and their caregivers! Designed for either the counseling session, group education classes, or client/parent self-directed learning
- Activities for a variety of common kid-eating issues! Help kids slow down, try new foods, explore cooking and meal prep, become aware of food and feelings, assess their hunger levels and much more. Megrette’s whimsical and creative approaches include graphics and other visuals designed just for kids, free videos using stuffed animals to work out feelings (with dialogue you can use with your clients), 1-minute pre-meal activities to calm younger kids, and much much more!
- Step-by-step instructions on how to use these 75 mindful eating activities with your clients, including prompts to use in counseling sessions, how to assess client readiness for the activity, and gaining the confidence to use each of them successfully
- Megrette’s insight on the activities–including her personal experiences using them, how to adapt them for a variety of settings, and which clients each works best with
- Specific ways to use activities with the preschool, school-aged, diabetes, eating disordered, weight loss, WIC and teen weight management populations
- Plus, the CE portion gives you the opportunity to practice a few activities on yourself! In doing so, you’ll learn firsthand how transformative this innovative approach is. This book can truly change your practice, and your clients’ relationships with food.
Published 2020, 162 pages. See the LNCs & PIs tab for suggested learning codes.
Free Videos
This free Frog and Bear video featuring author Megrette Fletcher shows you how to use the Frog and Bear activities with your clients!
More fun with Frog and Bear: these videos are included for free with the Discover Mindful Eating for Kids book. Find more at mindfuleatingforkids.com
Christina Holmes, RD, LD, Joplin, MO –
The best part of these activities are the interaction with the child. It’s an opportunity for the child to take part in the education, rather than just the parent.
Shervin Solimanijan, RD, Los Angeles, CA –
Great book! I enjoyed all the hands-on activities the book included. Since the book is geared towards children, the visuals really help drive the message home. I really enjoyed and learned so much from this book. I look forward to using everything I learned.
Sara Kuykendall, MBA, RD, LD, Winchester, VA –
These activities introduced new concepts to help kids think beyond eating food to fill them up. I like using these tools as part of my discussion about awareness of eating, hunger, fullness, and mindfulness with kids. It is nice to have activities to help them think and participate!