All You Can Eat

In 2024 we are aiming to set up further supports for whānau/families of tamariki with feeding tubes. We are seeking input through the survey linked here:
https://auckland.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9GIL2MiGONqgTAy

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Specialist Spotlight: Dr Tessa Taylor is a Clinical Psychologist and Behaviour Analyst. Her highly specialised and unique training and expertise in paediatric feeding disorders and severe problem behaviour grants her the ability to diagnose and treat the full spectrum of complexity and severity of feeding difficulties. Dr Sarah Leadley is a Registered Psychologist and Behaviour Analyst (BCBA). For over 15 years, she has provided behavioural services in homes and schools for children and young people with and without disabilities.

Read their bios and recent research on our website: https://feedingtubeaware.com.au/raiseawareness/specialistspotlights/

During last year’s FTAW 2022 Virtual Education Program, Dr Tessa Taylor and Dr Sarah Leadley presented their research on childhood feeding difficulties and experience with home-based interventions in Australia and New Zealand to help children with tube dependence learn to eat new foods and progress with feeding skills. You can watch the video recording here: https://youtu.be/oqQN5X0WXHw

Ka rawe!! Huge congratulations to Rae Zhang and Caitlin Mann - winners of the Winifred Gimblett Prize for their Masters research. This prize was awarded for their incredible mahi working with tamariki to move from tube feeding to eating.👏

Grateful to be part of Feeding Tube Awareness Week 😃
Lots of awesome resources & videos available here: https://www.ausee.org/

Day seven of FTAW 2022 Virtual Education Program! The final day of !

Today’s video: Psychologists, Dr Tessa Taylor and Dr Sarah Leadley present their research on childhood feeding difficulties and experience with home-based interventions in Australia and New Zealand to help children with tube dependence learn to eat new foods and progress with feeding skills.

Bonus video: Tube Feeding - Ana & Temika's Experience. Thanks to KidsHealth, hear from Ana, a mum who has been through a tube feeding journey with her daughter Temika.

You can find both videos on our website here: https://feedingtubeaware.com.au/virtualeducation/

Waiora Tamariki is a nationwide support service for tamariki with autism, aged 2-5 years old. We are now open to families! If you need support with eating or toileting, please make contact through the link below
https://waioratamariki.org.nz/eating/about/

More info on tube feeding for caregivers & whānau is up. Here you can also hear about the parent experience of this journey. With the paediatric tube feeding committee & families we are working away on more coming in 2022 - watch this space 👍

Tube feeding Tube feeding helps your child to meet their nutritional needs when they are not able to eat or drink enough by mouth.

So happy to have Rae Zhang joining the Ready to Eat study in 2022 as a Research Assistant. Rae has many years of experience working with young children with disabilities & their whānau. Rae will be supporting home visits for children & families involved in the study, who are progressing from tube to oral feeding. So grateful for funding from the University of Auckland to support progressing this mahi 💛

Looking forward to this! Lots of videos and info for feeding tube awareness week 😃

Feeding Tube Awareness Week (6-12 February 2022) is only two weeks away! During we are running a free virtual education event, where each day we will be releasing new video content on tube feeding from specialists in the field and individuals/families with lived experience. We will be announcing the full program soon, but you can take a sneak peek now at some of the video presentations we have lined up on our website: https://feedingtubeaware.com.au/virtualeducation/

So good to see this. Free parenting support online (Triple P), for families in Bay of Plenty, MidCentral, Counties Manukau and Waitematā DHB areas 👌

https://www.triplep-parenting.net.nz/nz-uken/find-help/triple-p-parenting-in-bay-of-plenty-midcentral-counties-manukau-and-maitemata/

Bay of Plenty, MidCentral, Counties Manukau & Waitemata - Triple P Positive Parenting New Zealand Bay of Plenty, MidCentral, Counties Manukau and Waitemata parents, Triple P’s positive parenting programme is now available. Triple P helps you get more of the behaviour you like and less of the behaviour you don’t like.

This survey aims to find out more about the impacts of childhood feeding challenges on parents & whānau. Please see info below 😃

Research Project: Whānau of Children with Feeding Challenges in Aotearoa.

I am a second-year student in the University of Auckland Masters of Speech Language Therapy programme. Dr Bianca Jackson is my research supervisor. We are seeking to gather the thoughts and experiences of parents and whānau of children with feeding difficulties in relation to the psychological and financial impacts that may be occurring for people in this situation.

I have attached some information for you and I would be grateful if you could share this with whānau/parents you know who may have been impacted psychologically or financial due to having a child with feeding difficulties.

We know from overseas research that there are numerous financial and psychological impacts that occur for families due to having a child with both short term and long-term feeding difficulties. There is no data currently available to show the impacts facing parents and whanau of children with these difficulties who reside in New Zealand.

Click the link to find out more information and to see the survey, or please feel free to me directly. Kindest Regards
Stacey- Louise Courney MSLT Prac Student University of Auckland [email protected]

https://auckland.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3NTQeZLY4nqUgQt

Approved by the University of Auckland Human Participants Ethics Committee on 20/08/2021 for three years. Reference Number 22188.