Sensory Foundations for Successful Mealtime Participation
Mealtimes aren't just about food. They're about safety, sensory processing, motor skills, family relationships, and a child's developing sense of self. When you understand these connections, complex feeding cases finally make sense.
ONLINE LIVE MASTERCLASS FOR:
PAEDIATRIC OTs (AHPs welcome to attend)
Tuesday 25th November 2025 | 6:30pm - 8:30pm AEST | Guest Speaker: Pippa Van Wijk, Brisbane Feeding Clinic
I'm in, Sign me up!You've modified textures. You've used food play. You've worked on oral motor skills. And still, mealtimes are a battleground.
When Traditional Feeding Interventions Miss the Mark... There's a Reason
Here's the truth: Eating requires the integration of seven key body systems - musculoskeletal, respiratory, autonomic nervous system, executive functioning, sensory processing, endocrine, and immune systems. When any of these systems are compromised, feeding becomes impossible, not just difficult.
You're not failing at intervention - you're working without the full picture. Start understanding the cascade of occupational impacts that feeding difficulties create, from social isolation to family stress to the child's developing identity.
Join the 2,500+ occupational therapists who have attended our evidence-based masterclasses over the last few years and transformed their clinical practice!
What You'll Learn in This
2-Hour Masterclass
In this 2-hour evidence-based masterclass featuring guest expert Pippa Van Wijk from Brisbane Feeding Clinic, you'll learn about the SenseUp Model™ applied to mealtimes - a comprehensive approach that integrates:
✓ Polyvagal theory and autonomic nervous system safety in eating contexts
✓ Trauma-informed clinical reasoning for feeding difficulties
✓ Neuroplasticity principles for mealtime intervention
✓ Seven sensory systems and their role in eating success
✓ Occupational participation and the cascading effects of feeding challenges
Sharing 27+ Years of Clinical Experience. Evidence-based Research. Practical. Immediately applicable. Start using what you learn the very next day!
What You'll Walk Away With:
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Confident Assessment of Feeding Complexity
Stop feeling overwhelmed when feeding referrals arrive. You'll gain a systematic framework for assessing seven key body systems and identifying which level of the SenseUp Model™ requires intervention first.
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Neuroscience That Explains Mealtime Resistance
Translate autonomic nervous system responses into language that helps families understand WHY their child refuses food. Finally explain the difference between "won't eat" and "can't eat" in ways that build parental confidence instead of guilt.
📋Comprehensive Assessment Framework
Walk away with practical assessment approaches that evaluate nervous system safety, sensory modulation and discrimination across all systems, sensory-motor integration, and occupational participation. No more guessing - you'll have concrete markers to guide your intervention priorities.
💡 Evidence-Based Intervention Strategies
Access neuroplasticity-informed interventions that respect the child's autonomic state and work in real family contexts. Learn from Brisbane Feeding Clinic's Pippa Van Wijk about strategies backed by research and proven with complex cases.
🤝 Family-Centred Communication
We might just drop some resources during the live session that help families understand the cascading occupational effects of feeding difficulties - from social isolation at birthday parties to family relationship stress to the child's developing sense of shame.
⚡ Immediate Clinical Application
Learn through "Lily's" real case study that demonstrates how to move through the SenseUp Model™ levels systematically. You'll work through assessment and intervention planning, then apply the framework to your own challenging feeding cases during our interactive workshop.
Join the Masterclass:
Registration: AU$57 + GST
1x 2 hour Masterclass = 2 PD Points (Certificate of Attendance)
The Challenges OTs Face:
Sound familiar? You're not alone.
And more importantly, there's a solution.
Parents arrive desperate and exhausted, having tried every feeding therapy approach available, questioning whether you can really help when nothing else has worked
The gap between oral motor protocols and sensory integration theory leaves you uncertain how to integrate approaches for complex presentations
Funding bodies demand evidence for why sensory-based feeding intervention is necessary when "the child just needs to eat"
You're watching nutritional concerns mount while trying to balance occupational participation goals, family stress, and the child's developing relationship with food and their body
You catch yourself avoiding feeding referrals because the complexity feels overwhelming and you're not sure which system to address first
Imagine confidently explaining to an exhausted parent WHY their child can't tolerate new foods - not with vague feeding therapy language, but with neuroscience that connects their child's nervous system state to eating capacity.
Imagine backing your feeding intervention plan with research that integrates seven body systems and satisfies even the most sceptical funding body.
Imagine finally understanding when you're looking at sensory defensiveness versus autonomic dysregulation versus genuine safety responses.
This is what the SenseUp Model™ gives you.
The SenseUp Model™ integrates current research across neuroscience, sensory processing (all seven systems), trauma-informed care, and occupational participation into one systematic approach for feeding challenges. This isn't about choosing between feeding therapy approaches or sensory strategies - it's about seeing how nervous system safety creates the foundation for everything else.
When you understand how these pieces connect, clinical reasoning becomes clearer and intervention planning honours what the child's body actually needs.
This Framework Changes
How You See Toileting Challenges
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Beyond Oral Motor Focus: Move past addressing mouth skills in isolation to understanding how autonomic nervous system states (ventral vagal safety vs sympathetic mobilisation vs dorsal vagal shutdown) directly impact a child's capacity to eat
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Evidence You Can Cite: Back your clinical decisions with current research from polyvagal theory, interoception studies, sensory discrimination and modulation science, and neuroplasticity principles - the kind of evidence that satisfies funding bodies and helps families understand their child
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Trauma-Informed Clinical Reasoning: Recognise how food-related trauma, medical trauma, or family stress impacts every level of feeding participation, without pathologising the child or increasing parental guilt
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Seven Sensory Systems Integration: Understand how interoception, vestibular, proprioception, tactile, olfactory, gustatory, visual, and auditory processing all contribute to mealtime success or struggle
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Keeping Participation Central: Every assessment question and intervention strategy links back to occupational justice - this child deserves to participate in family meals, birthday parties, school lunches, and social eating without shame or isolation
Choose Your Registration Option
Exclusive SenseUp Member Offer for: Hub, Current TSAC Students / Pro Members
AU$ 10 +GST
Once off Payment to Attend LIVE
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Why Attending The LIVE Masterclass Matters
Yes, there's a recording available 48 hours after the session (with 7-day access). But the recording captures the teaching content - not the collaborative clinical reasoning that happens in real time with guest expert Pippa Van Wijk.
When you attend LIVE, you can share your actual feeding cases during the workshop, get targeted guidance on your specific challenges, and learn from the questions other OTs are asking. These breakthrough moments simply can't be replicated later.
Block out this time in your calendar now. Your future caseload will thank you.
SIGN UP TODAYYour Moment of Decision
Still avoiding feeding referrals because the complexity overwhelms you, still struggling to explain why a child "won't" eat to frustrated parents, still feeling uncertain which system to address first when everything seems dysregulated...
OR confidently assessing autonomic states during mealtimes, clearly explaining the seven body systems to families and funding bodies, systematically planning interventions that honour nervous system safety, and seeing real progress in feeding cases that used to keep you awake at night.
Which OT do you want to be?
📅 Date: Tuesday 25th November 2025
🕕 Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm AEST
📍 Where: Live on Zoom (link sent 1 day before)
💰 Standard Investment: AU$57 + GST
💰 Hub/TSAC Member: AU$10 + GST
🎥 Recording: Available 48 hours after (7-day access for standard, unlimited for Hub members for the duration of their membership)
⏰ Standard Access Expires: Friday 5th December at 6:30pm AEST
Choose Your Registration OptionQuestions You Might Have
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Meet Kerry Evetts
Kerry has spent nearly three decades with a single driving mission: bringing OTs back to the science so families get the expert support they deserve.
With international experience, Kerry understands what it's like to feel the gap between research and real-world practice. She's been the OT searching for answers at 2am, wondering if she's missing something crucial.
That's why she created the SenseUp Model™ - to bridge the gap between cutting-edge neuroscience and the Monday morning clinic session. Kerry translates complex research into frameworks you can actually use when a confused parent is sitting across from you, or when a funding body questions your approach.
"I do the research so you don't have to. When you understand the neuroscience, it becomes so much easier to understand the child's behaviours."
Kerry's teaching style is warm, practical, and unapologetically evidence-based. She shares real case examples, acknowledges the messy reality of clinical practice, and always answers the question every OT is really asking: "But what do I actually DO?"
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