2026 International PFD Conference Feeding Development: Where systems, skills and stories connect

Description

The Feeding Matters International Pediatric Feeding Disorder (PFD) Conference brings together experts to present sessions to attendees worldwide. Clinicians, families, and professionals from various healthcare fields join this event to learn the latest in pediatric feeding disorder (PFD) research and treatment.

Registration includes access to all live virtual and on-demand sessions, offering over 30 hours of continuing education credit.

*These sessions have been awarded the following IL EI credits ONLY:

***Live Virtual Sessions
Wednesday, February 25 – Friday, February 27, 2026

* Feeding Without Interruption and Therapeutic Continuity of Care Across Pediatric Settings-0.5 INT

* Scoping Reviews of Oral Feeding Skill Development in Typically Developing Children-0.5 TYP

* Beyond "Feeding": A published standard for Nasogastric Tube Mealtimes-0.5 INT, 0.25 WWF

*"It's a Fulltime Job": Family Participation in an Intensive Tube Weaning Program-0.5 INT, 0.5 WWF

* Parenting & PFD: A journey of advocacy and relentlessness-0.5 WWF, 0.5 INT

*Context Counts: Integrating Social Care into PFD Treatment-0.5 WWF, 0.5 INT

*Empowering Physicians on the Frontlines: Collaborative Outreach and Education for Early Identification of Pediatric Feeding Disorder-0.25 ATY, 0.25 AS, 0.5 WWF

* Enhancing Access to Feeding Support in Rural Communities: A Quasi-experimental study on a Virtual Parent Education Program for Pediatric Feeding Disorders (V-PEP).-0.25 INT, 0.25 WWF

*Reframing Feeding Tubes as Therapeutic Allies in Pediatric Feeding Disorder-0.5 WWF, 0.5 INT

*How Is Feeding Going? Research of Parents Talk to Parents-0.5 WWF

*Follow the Behavior: Building Engagement to Guide Feeding Progress-0.25 WWF, 0.25 INT

*120 minutes: Feeding Development: Beyond the growth chart-0.5 ATY, 0.5 TYP, 0.5 INT, 0.5 WWF

*Mealtime in Early Intervention: Coaching, Teaming, Family Empowerment and Access to Services-0.25 INT, 0.25 WWF

*Late and Moderate Preterm Infant Development, Feeding, and Nutrition-0.25 ATY, 0.25 INT
*Empowering Caregivers: Virtual Mealtime Support Through an ECHO Model-0.25 WWF, 0.25 INT

***On-Demand Viewing
Monday, March 9 – Thursday, April 30, 2026

* Feeding with Bibi: Empowering Caregivers to Improve Pediatric Feeding Practices in Indonesia-0.25 INT, 0.25 TYP

* Parents' Needs for SLP Services in Private Sector NICUs and Post-discharge-0.5 INT, 0.25 WWF

* Detriment of Esophageal Co-morbidities in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder-0.25 ATY, 0.25 INT

* Family Partnership for Improved Feeding Outcomes: A Case Report-0.5 INT, 0.25 ATY, 0.25 WWF

*Sensory-Informed Feeding: Understanding Autism, Sensory Processing, and PFD-0.5 ATY, 0.5 INT

* Oral-sensorimotor dysfunction and aspiration risk in children with SAM: Implications for care-0.5 ATY

* Multidisciplinary Approach to PFD and Family-Centered Care in Children with Down Syndrome-0.25 INT, 0.25 ATY

*Family qualitative experience of Child Massage with massage demonstration-0.5 WWF

*Inspiring Flexible Eating in Children with Food Selectivity-0.25 ATY, 0.25 INT

*Supporting Parents of Children with Dysphagia: Perceptions and Unmet Needs in Education About Thickened Liquids-0.25 INT, 0.25 WWF

* Understanding Cognitive Development as a Critical Component of PFD and ARFID-0.25 ATY,

*Establishing Developmental Feeding Rounds in a Level 3 NICU Environment-0.25 ATY, 0.25 TYP

* Evaluation/Treatment of Neonatal Feeding Disorders that May Predict Developmental Outcome-0.25 AS, 0.25 INT, 0.5 ATY

*Feeding the Infant with Single Ventricle Physiology: Multidisciplinary Support and Tube Weaning-0.25 ATY, 0.25 INT

*Feeding the food allergic child—0.5 ATY, 0.5 INT

*ABA-Based Parent Intervention for Children with PFD: A Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis-0.25 INT, 0.25 WWF

* National Survey of Oral Feeding Management Practices in Neonatal Intensive Care Units-0.5 INT

*The Invisible Narrative: How Children In

Location Virtual Online
VIRTUAL, AZ
Date 2/25/2026 1:30 PM - 4/30/2026
Sponsor Feeding Matters
Contact Athena Flicek (623) 242-5234 conference@feedingmatters.org
Principles 1. Support families
2. Active participation
3. Collaborative relationships
4. Specific IFSP goals
8. Quality services
Credit Hours 0
Cost $250 HCP Group of 3+; $275 HCP (with CEUs)
Status Closed