Ellyn Satter Institute

This one is for our parents! If mealtimes feel like a daily struggle — filled with negotiating, pressure, or preparing multiple meals only to have food left untouched — this program is designed to help. Grounded in Ellyn Satter’s Division of Responsibility in Feeding (sDOR), a feeding framework recognized by many physicians and pediatric experts as the gold standard in feeding, this four-part program will help parents better understand what is truly typical in child eating and why most picky eating does not require fixing.

Program starts June 15th!

Register via link in bio or www.ellynsatterinstitute.org/product/from-power-struggles-to-peaceful-meals-end-picky-eating-without-pressure-bribes-or-battles/

Here's a fun video which is (of course) not how to ruin a meal at all, but a super-simple way to bring more joy to your meals. Have a quick look!

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TODAY!! Don't miss our webinar hosted by Ellyn Satter!

The Satter Division of Responsibility in Feeding (sDOR) is grounded on trust—trust in parents to do their jobs with feeding the best they can; trust in children to eat what and as much as they need and grow in the way nature intended for them. This webinar in two one-hour sessions reviews evidence demonstrating children’s capabilities and provides examples.

April 22: Children know how much to eat and how to grow; distinguish between paradigms

2 CEUs from the Commission on Dietetic Registration.

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Upcoming April Webinars! Reclaiming Joy in Feeding – Evidence Supporting the Trust Paradigm

The Satter Division of Responsibility in Feeding (sDOR) is grounded on trust—trust in parents to do their jobs with feeding the best they can; trust in children to eat what and as much as they need and grow in the way nature intended for them. This webinar in two one-hour sessions reviews evidence demonstrating children’s capabilities and provides examples.

Part 1 – April 15: Definition of fdSatter and sDOR; children know what to eat.
Part 2 – April 22: Children know how much to eat and how to grow; distinguish between paradigms

Pending approval for 2 CEUs from the Commission on Dietetic Registration.

www.ellynsatterinstitute.org/product/reclaiming-joy-in-feeding-evidence-supporting-the-trust-paradigm/

Starting tomorrow! It's not too late to join our master course! See the full course outline on our website.
www.ellynsatterinstitute.org/product/visions-3-day-workshop-feeding-with-love-and-good-sense-2/

This 9 week in-depth virtual course teaches health professionals how to do secondary intervention with feeding following the Satter Feeding Dynamics Model and the Satter Division of Responsibility in Feeding.

Learn to organize and complete a detailed child feeding and eating assessment and systematically work with parents based on that assessment.

Approved for 38.75 CEUs from the Commission on Dietetic Registration.

Course start date: April 8, 2026.

Learn more via our website: www.ellynsatterinstitute.org/product/visions-3-day-workshop-feeding-with-love-and-good-sense-2/

Our latest newsletter is out, and contains a warning against this feeding trend. Have you seen social media posts about this?

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Learn straight from Ellyn Satter in this two-part webinar series!

Part 1: March 18th at 12:00 pm CT
Part 2: March 25th at 12:00 pm CT

Validation of sDOR.2-6y has elevated verification of fdSatter/sDOR-based nutrition counseling from subjective evaluation to concrete testing. sDOR.2-6y is the only tool to test adherence to both dimensions of the Satter Division of Responsibility in Feeding (sDOR), parent leadership and child autonomy. It supports a profound shift in nutritional practice from from controlling feeding behaviors to building trust, and from focusing on outcomes to focusing on process.

Pending approval for 2 CEUs from the Commission on Dietetic Registration.

Register link in bio or www.ellynsatterinstitute.org/product/reclaiming-joy-in-feeding-letting-go-of-the-control-paradigm/

A lovely interview with ESI's Peggy Crum, MA, RD and award-winning cookbook author Leanne Brown.

Spend a relaxed hour in Leanne's kitchen, rejecting the frenetic pace of cooking shows and the myth of the "20-minute meal." We all know we have to get meals together in a hurry, but Leanne reminds us of the importance of process over perfection. As Ellyn says, when the joy goes out of eating, nutrition suffers!

The webinar replay costs $25 but there's a link to a free pdf of Leanne's cookbook that went viral (Good and Cheap) in the first comment. Happy cooking, everyone!

Good Enough Meals: Self-care in the Kitchen | Ellyn Satter Institute The Ellyn Satter Institute is pleased to present this webinar with Leanne Brown, award-winning author of 2 cookbooks. The premise of her work encourages and supports parents in doing their job of providing meals for themselves and their families.

Research shows that the majority of people who try to lose weight eventually regain it. Traditional weight-centric practices can lead to yo-yo dieting, disordered eating, and greater weight stigma. That’s why more practitioners are adopting weight-neutral and weight-inclusive approaches that emphasize lasting, health-supporting behaviors over numbers on the scale. Join us for this interactive session to learn practical ways to bring weight-inclusive principles into your nutrition work.  

February 18, 2026, 12 pm – 1:30 pm CT

Earn 1.5 Level II CEUs

Hosted by by Dawn Clifford, PhD, RDN and Natalie Harris, RDN, CD

Sign up via link in bio or www.ellynsatterinstitute.org/product/reclaiming-joy-in-eating-building-skills-for-destigmatizing-weight/