Program Overview

Course Information

The FEEDS Toolkit training is a two-hour training course for health and education-based professionals, enabling them to use the FEEDS Toolkit. The Toolkit is an evidence-based resource that explains the background to the eating and drinking difficulties of children with neurological or neurodevelopmental conditions, and the interventions that can improve eating, drinking, and swallowing. The FEEDS Toolkit is designed to be introduced by parent carers of children and young people with eating and drinking difficulties and by multidisciplinary health professionals working together to identify and prioritise interventions for an individual child.

Following training, participants will be sent a PDF of the FEEDS Toolkit so that they can print their own materials. The FEEDS Toolkit will be made available under sublicense from Newcastle University; following training, there will be no charge for FEEDS Toolkit use. The PDF and the paper copies provided should be used to create colour printed versions or colour photocopies of the FEEDS Toolkit for personal use in the service. The clinical service should pay for local printing/copying. Versions that are printed or copied should be exact copies - trained delegates are not permitted to edit or change the FEEDS Toolkit, or transfer them to others. The full list of Conditions of Use for the FEEDS Toolkit will be circulated to delegates prior to the course and discussed during training.

The FEEDS Toolkit training has been kept low-cost to maximise opportunities for uptake; funds from training are reinvested in further Toolkit development.

Course Agenda

This is a two-hour online course delivered by multidisciplinary team members with expertise in delivering NHS services for children with eating, drinking, and swallowing difficulties. Paper and/or PDF versions of the FEEDS Toolkit will be sent prior to training. It is suggested that participants identify time to read through the Toolkit prior to training. There are substantial opportunities for discussion, and for participants to ask questions about FEEDS Toolkit use.

Course Details

• Course Start Date: Monday, November 17, 2025, 2:00 PM
• Course End Date: Monday, November 17, 2025, 4:00 PM
• Enrolment Start Date: Wednesday, August 6, 2025, 8:00 AM
• Enrolment End Date: Monday, November 10, 2025, (time not specified)
• Course Location: Online
• Course Tutor/s: Professor Jeremy Parr and Elisa Liu
• Course Delivery Type: Online - Live
• Course Fees: Price per attendee is £75.00 (zero VAT)