The Feeding Relationship and Eating Competence:
An Introduction to the Possibilities
Presented by the Ellyn Satter Institute
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Courtyard Mankato - Marriot
901 Raintree Road, Mankato, MN 56001
(507) 388-1234
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Registration cost: $20 (checks payable to Blue Earth County)
Registration deadline: Wednesday, August 12th
Lunch and break-time snacks and beverages provided
Certificate of Participation available for 6 CEUS after the conference
A room block is available on Tuesday, August 25th at a conference rate (per
request) of $119.00 plus tax
 Questions?
Contact Rebecca: 507-304-4148 or rebecca.gruenes@blueearthcountymn.gov
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Mail Registration (with enclosed registration fee) to:
Blue Earth County WIC Program
410 South 5th Street, PO Box 3526
Mankato, MN 56002-3526
Attn: Shawn Nerem/WIC Conference
The Feeding Relationship and Eating Competence:
An introduction to the possibilities
WIC health and nutrition professionals tend to think in terms of food selection when solving eating,
feeding, and growth problems. For them, a fundamental change in feeding relationship and eating
competence training is thinking in terms of the how, not the what and/or how much of feeding and
eating. This workshop introduces WIC practitioners to a practical understanding of the Satter Feeding
Dynamics Model (fdSatter) and the Satter Eating Competence Model (ecSatter) and illustrates how
children and adults develop eating competence.
Case examples addressing common child nutritional problems coach audience members in identifying
feeding dynamics issues in those problems. This workshop is an essential first step for WIC agencies
working toward a consistent approach to nutrition education based on feeding dynamics and eating
competence principles. It addresses intervention, but briefly. To avoid resistance during training, staff
benefit from first grappling with the change in focus from food selection to the how in feeding and
eating.
Training mode
Lectures, discussion, video, case studies.
Agenda
8:15 – 8:30 am
8:30 – 9:45 am
Registration with a light breakfast provided.
Session 1 Raising children to be competent eaters
9:45 – 10:00 am
Break
10:00 am – 11: 15 am
Session 2 Supporting parents in establishing rewarding family meals
Stretch
11:15 am – 12:00 pm
Session 3 Feeding-dynamics issues in common nutritional problems
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm
Lunch
12:45 pm – 2:15 pm
Session 3 Feeding-dynamics issues in common nutritional problems
2:15 pm – 2:30 pm
Break
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Session 3 Feeding-dynamics issues in common nutritional problems
Stretch
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Session 4 Getting started with feeding dynamics
 What have you learned today? Does the information make sense
to you?
 What use do you feel you can make of this material? Use? Not
use?
 How can you get started with the feeding dynamics approach?
 A story to encourage you