Essential Knowledge for RBTs implementing Feeding Interventions
Presented by Dr. Laura Seiverling, PhD, BCBA-D & Elise Jusko, MS, CCC-SLP
Date: Tuesday, July 14th, 2026
Time: 1:00-4:00 PM EST
Location: Virtual via zoom platform
Price: $60.00
Registration ends Monday, July 13th.
Learning CEUs: 3 RBT PDUs are offered for attending this event. All registrants will have 7-day access to the recording. Those seeking RBT PDUs may attend the event live or watch the recording.
Workshop Description: Many clients receiving applied behavior analysis therapy present with various feeding challenges. In this workshop, RBTs will receive an overview of a range of childhood feeding problems including food selectivity, packing, chewing difficulties, self-feeding challenges, and feeding tube dependency. Attendees will also learn the specific diagnostic criteria for a pediatric feeding disorder and avoidant restrictive food intake disorder. Feeding is a complex skill and often requires interdisciplinary collaboration among professionals. Attendees for this event will acquire essential interdisciplinary knowledge for all clinicians implementing feeding interventions including red flags for feeding safety concerns, oral motor skill deficits, nutrient deficiencies, food allergies, and gastrointestinal (GI) discomfort. In line with the RBT Ethics code, RBTs must do no harm and work to support the best interest of their clients. When implementing feeding protocols, this involves recognizing when to alert the supervisor overseeing the intervention and learning how to collaborate with other professional disciplines such as speech-language pathology, medicine, and nutrition.
Learning objectives
- Attendees will learn the diagnostic criteria for pediatric feeding disorder (PFD) and avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID).
- Attendees will learn the roles of various professional disciplines often involved in the assessment and treatment of feeding problems in children.
- Attendees will learn specific signs of feeding safety concerns, oral motor skill deficits, and gastrointestinal (GI) discomfort in order to know when to alert the supervisor of the intervention and seek out assistance from other professional disciplines.
Target Audience: Registered Behavior Technicians
About the Speaker(s):
Dr. Laura Seiverling is a licensed psychologist and Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). She has over 15 years of experience working with multidisciplinary teams in the field of pediatric feeding disorders. She worked for five years at St. Mary’s Hospital for Children’s Center for Pediatric Feeding Disorders in Bayside, New York, serving as both the psychologist and clinical supervisor of the program. She now serves as an Assistant Professor at Ball State University. Dr. Seiverling has published more than thirty articles and book chapters in the areas of feeding problems, autism spectrum disorder, staff and parent training, and behavioral interventions.
Elise Jusko, M.S. CCC/SLP is a Speech-Language Pathologist that has been practicing for 28 years. She has been specializing in feeding for 21 years. She was one of the first SLPs at The Feeding Program at The Children’s Hospital of Richmond. Elise is the co-founder of the first intensive interdisciplinary feeding program in New York. She currently owns a private practice and provides consultation services.
Past Events and Webinars
BITES®: The Behavioral InTEgrated with Speech Approach to Feeding Therapy
Presented by: Dr. Laura Seiverling, PhD, BCBA-D and Elise Jusko, M.S. CCC-SLP
Dates: Thursday, April 30th & Friday, May 1st, 2026
Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm EST both days
Location: Virtual via Zoom Platform
Saver rate: $375 (until April 1st, 2026)
Price: $400 (after April 1st, 2026)
Registration ends Wednesday, April 29th, 2026.
Learning CEUs: 1.2 ASHA CEUs and 12 BACB CEUs are offered for attending the entire 12-hr course. All registrants will have 7-day access to the recording. Those seeking BACB CEUs may earn CEUs for attending the event live or watching the recording; however, those seeking ASHA CEUs must attend the event live in order to be eligible for CEU credits. All Participants who attend the entire 12-hr duration will also receive a Bites Feeding Therapy course completion certificate.
Course description: This course provides an overview of cross-disciplinary collaboration between Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) and Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) for the assessment and treatment of pediatric feeding problems. The presenters will review case studies involving food selectivity, chewing difficulties, overstuffing, packing, liquid refusal, self-feeding, and tube dependency.
Course Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
- Describe typical feeding development.
- Identify the role of various disciplines involved in multidisciplinary feeding evaluations.
- Identify common medical and environmental factors that may lead to a feeding problem.
- Identify the role of both SLPs and BCBAs in the assessment and intervention of a range of pediatric feeding problems including food selectivity, chewing difficulties, food overstuffing, packing, liquid refusal, self-feeding challenges, and tube dependency.
- Describe how to incorporate behavioral components into various types of feeding interventions.
- Describe how to implement data collection procedures and analyze data to develop feeding protocols.
- Discuss the various ways that a client’s oral motor skills can be assessed and targeted as part of a feeding intervention.
- Identify the various factors that need to be considered when designing a pediatric feeding intervention.
Course Completion Requirements:
- Participant attendance will be verified from the digital platform used to host the event and Google docs attendance code verification.
- You must remain on a computer or tablet for the entire 12-hour duration in order to be eligible to receive CE credits.
- A certificate of completion will be issued within 2 weeks of course completion.
- Participants requesting ASHA CEUs must submit a quiz in order to be eligible for CE credits
- This course is not provided for partial credit.
Target Audience:
This workshop is intended for:
- Speech-Language Pathologists
- Behavior Analysts
- Psychologists
- Other Special Educators
About the Speaker(s):
Dr. Laura Seiverling is a licensed psychologist and Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). She has over 15 years of experience working with multidisciplinary teams in the field of pediatric feeding disorders. She worked for five years at St. Mary’s Hospital for Children’s Center for Pediatric Feeding Disorders in Bayside, New York, serving as both the psychologist and clinical supervisor of the program. She now serves as an Assistant Professor at Ball State University. Dr. Seiverling has published more than thirty articles and book chapters in the areas of feeding problems, autism spectrum disorder, staff and parent training, and behavioral interventions.
Elise Jusko, M.S. CCC/SLP is a Speech-Language Pathologist that has been practicing for 28 years. She has been specializing in feeding for 21 years. She was one of the first SLPs at The Feeding Program at The Children’s Hospital of Richmond. Elise is the co-founder of the first intensive interdisciplinary feeding program in New York. She currently owns a private practice and provides consultation services.
Speakers’ Financial Disclosures:
Financial Disclosure: Laura Seiverling, PhD, BCBA-D, is an employee and co-founder of Bites Feeding Therapy, LLC. She receives honoraria and payments for BITES® workshops, webinars and consultation services. She is also the co-author of Broccoli Boot Camp: Basic Training for Parents of Selective Eaters, which may be mentioned during the presentation. She receives royalties from sales of the book.
Non-Financial Disclosure: She has no relevant relationship with products described in the BITES® presentations.
Financial Disclosure: Ms. Elise Jusko, MS, CCC-SLP is an employee and co-founder of Bites Feeding Therapy, LLC. She receives honoraria and payments for BITES® workshops, webinars and consultation services.
Non-Financial Disclosure: She has no relevant relationship with products described in the BITES® presentations.
Refund Policy: Attendees may request a refund up until the start day of the event.
Disability Statement: If you have a disability and may require specific accommodations in order to fully participate, please email bitesfeedingtherapy@gmail.com at least 10 calendar days prior to the event so appropriate arrangements can be made.
Complaint Policy: If you are dissatisfied with any aspect of your continuing education experience, grievance(s) can be submitted in writing to bitesfeedingtherapy@gmail.com.
Brookville Center for Children’s Services is responsible for reporting ASHA CEUs to the ASHA CE registry, for those participants that meet satisfactory completion requirements and have requested CE credits. Contact: cedept@brookvillecenter.org
