Meeting a student’s unique mealtime needs is a complex process often requiring specialized interprofessional evaluation, intervention, and progress monitoring. Students who require support for mealtime participation have needs that vary in type, resources required, intensity, and duration. This full-day course will equip school leaders in establishing and sustaining individualized programming while adhering to multiple requirements under USDA, IDEA, Section 504, state law, and local policies. The session will investigate best practices, relevant statute and policies, and existing state and local resources for supporting students with unique mealtime participation needs. Interdisciplinary teams will be provided time to engage in their own local planning.
Interprofessional teams are encouraged to attend and will be given priority during registration. Only ONE representative from each discipline per public school unit (PSU) or local education agency (LEA/Charter) should register to attend. Suggested discipline representatives include school nutrition directors/managers, exceptional children administrators, school nurses, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, 504 coordinators, special education teachers, and others as relevant.
