The Get Permission Approach to Anxious Eaters & Anxious Mealtimes

Mary Bridge Children’s Therapy is partnering with the Get Permission Institute to sponsor the Anxious Eaters & Anxious Mealtimes course. This program is offered as a recorded on-demand course through the Get Permission Institute at a discounted price.

Registration deadline: Sunday, September 20, 2026

On-demand access: Participants will receive access on September 22, 2026

Credits: 16.5 continuing education hours (1.65 CEUs)

Audience: OTs, SLPs, PTs, registered dietietians, assistants, educators, early intervention providers, parents/caregivers, and other professionals (social workers, nurses, etc.) working with children with feeding challenges.

Level: Intermediate

This course by Marsha Dunn Klein teaches professionals how to support families dealing with extreme picky eating and mealtime anxiety using her “Get Permission Approach.” Delivered through eight flexible, self-paced modules, it focuses on understanding the underlying causes of picky eating—such as sensory, emotional, and developmental factors—rather than just applying surface-level strategies.

The program combines research, real-life case videos, and practical tools to help professionals assess anxious eaters, understand their behaviors, and guide families toward calmer, more positive mealtimes. Ultimately, it aims to help practitioners create lasting, relationship-based change, turning stressful meals into moments of connection and joy.

Objectives:

• Who are these pickiest of eaters?
• Why are they picky?
• What is the Get Permission Approach?
• How do we truly understand worried eaters?
• How do we create mealtime transformation?

Course curriculum - This course contains 62 lessons, and16 hours of video content

• Welcome to the Get Permission Approach to Anxious Eaters, Anxious Mealtimes!
• Section 1: Anxious Eaters, who are they?
• Section 2: What is the Get Permission Approach?
• Section 3: Mealtime peace, the place to start
• Section 4: Food is sensory
• Section 5: Get Permission assessment for picky eaters
• Section 6: Putting the Get Permission attitude into practice
• Section 7: Food stretches
• Section 8: Goals with a Get Permission perspective
• You have now completed our master course!

What’s included in the on-demand master course:

• Eight modules of video instruction from Marsha Dunn Klein that can be watched at your own pace!
• Course access never expire
• Slide deck of all eight modules to assist your learning
• DF handout for all eight modules to download
• Over 20 colorful graphic PDF's that help put the Get Permission Approach into practice
• Videos of Get Permission treatment sessions and case studies to see how Marsha applies her Get Permission principles
• Three-month access to our professional membership program ($87 value)

Benefits include:

• Monthly live sessions with Marsha Dunn Klein and senior instructors to answer all your questions about the application of the Get Permission Approach
• Private access to professional community of therapists
• Library access to recorded Q & A sessions

Presenters

Marsha Dunn Klein, OTR/L, MED FAOTA
Marsha is a pediatric occupational therapist who has specialized in pediatric feeding for more than 50 years. She has co-authored Pre-Feeding Skills, First Edition, Pre-Feeding Skills: Second Edition, Mealtime Participation Guide, and Homemade Blended Formula with Susanne Evans Morris, Ph.D., CCC-SLP. She co-authored Feeding and Nutrition for the Child with Special Needs with Tracy Delaney. Her newest book is Anxious Eaters, Anxious Mealtimes: Practical and Compassionate Strategies for Mealtime Peace. Marsha presents nationally and internationally. She is a food celebrator and is passionate about supporting children and their families.