stay up to date on Feeding Matters and the efforts to advance the field through education, advocacy, and research

participate in pillar-specific town halls (held annually during the summer)

contribute to pillar-specific symposiums during the annual International Pediatric Feeding Disorder Conference

provide ideas and feedback through the various mechanisms requested by the education, advocacy, or research pillar chair (typically through online surveys)

Families/caregivers are an equal and valued member of the treatment team and should be respected in this way.

The domains represented in the evaluation of PFD must include: medical, nutrition, psychosocial, and feeding skill.

There are no identified longitudinal, evidence-based best practices for intervention. This is due to the lack of longitudinal information available in the current research, and the heterogeneous nature of the population of children with pediatric feeding disorder. As a result, we believe it is critical that:

– A family’s definition of success be incorporated into treatment planning

– Treatment philosophies may not be equally appropriate for all children; and

– Families should be well informed about all existing services.

Multiple perspectives are necessary to create a functional system of care. This includes not only families and healthcare professionals but also partners who represent insurance companies, academia, public health, legislators, among others.