Cultural Contexts in Pediatric Feeding is a continuing education course designed to help healthcare professionals apply culturally responsive clinical reasoning when supporting children and families with feeding concerns. The course explores how culture, family routines, food traditions, caregiver beliefs, access, sensory preferences, and participation demands shape pediatric feeding routines and intervention planning. Participants will learn to identify relevant contextual factors, distinguish culturally based feeding practices from clinical concerns, and develop family-centered recommendations that support safe, functional, respectful, and meaningful mealtime participation. The course also emphasizes the value of interprofessional collaboration in delivering culturally responsive, family-centered feeding services.
Live Webinar
Tue, Sep 15, 2026 at 12:00 pm EDTUnder Review: AOTA/0.1 - Application has been made to the American Occupational Therapy Association's (AOTA's) Approved Provider Program.
Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to identify cultural, familial, and environmental factors, including food traditions, caregiver beliefs, access, and sensory preferences, that influence pediatric feeding routines and mealtime participation.
- After this course, participants will be able to describe culturally based feeding practices from feeding patterns that may indicate a clinical concern requiring further assessment or intervention.
- After this course, participants will be able to describe how interprofessional collaboration supports the development of safe, functional, and respectful feeding recommendations within a family-centered, culturally responsive framework.
Agenda
| 0-10 Minutes | Introduction, learning objectives, and overview of culturally responsive clinical reasoning in pediatric feeding |
| 10-25 Minutes | Cultural, familial, and environmental factors influencing feeding routines and mealtime participation, including food traditions, caregiver beliefs, access, and sensory preferences |
| 25-40 Minutes | Differentiating culturally based feeding practices from feeding patterns that may indicate a clinical concern |
| 40-50 Minutes | Interprofessional roles and collaboration in developing safe, functional, respectful, family-centered feeding recommendations |
| 50-55 Minutes | Interprofessional context; Reflection and barriers |
| 55-60 Minutes | Summary; Q&A |
Presented By
Tara Konradi
OTD, OTR/L
Tara Konradi, OTD, OTR/L, is an occupational therapist with over 18 years of diverse clinical experience across pediatric, school-based, telehealth, international, and leadership settings. She earned her Doctorate in Occupational Therapy from Creighton University in 2007 and has worked in bilingual and multicultural environments throughout her career. Tara is bilingual in English and Spanish, with conversational French and Mandarin, and currently raises her three children in a multilingual household in Barcelona, where English, French, Castellano, and Catalan are part of daily life. Her family also lived in Taiwan for 5 years, during which her older children learned Mandarin. She has provided bilingual therapy services in the United States, Europe, and international school settings, and brings a culturally responsive, family-centered perspective to her clinical work and education. Tara is the founder of TaraPedOT and continues to provide pediatric occupational therapy services and consultation through telehealth and international practice.
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Financial: Tara Konradi received an honorarium for presenting this course. Non-financial: Tara Konradi has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
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