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Co-Creating Safe and Enjoyable Meals for People with Swallowing Disability

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Maintaining the safety of people with swallowing disability can be a challenge during mealtimes. This short course from UTS Open will prepare you to deliver safe eating experiences through the use of texture-modified foods, mealtime positioning and assistive mealtime technologies.

About this course

This course outlines the vital role of safe and effective mealtime assistance for people with swallowing difficulties. Aimed at disability support workers and other carers involved in meal preparation, it empowers learners to take a person-centred approach to mealtime support through the use of novel approaches and techniques.

You’ll learn to:

  • identify signs of swallowing disability
  • respond to coughing and choking
  • understand referral pathways
  • explore techniques for creating texture modified food and menu planning
  • become familiar with mealtime positioning and the use of assistive technologies.

Course content is developed by a consortium of disability sector professionals and lived experience experts, ensuring everything you learn has real-world applicability.

Key benefits of this course

This course has been designed to help to increase the competence and confidence of people who support people with swallowing disability to access safe and enjoyable meals. It was designed with a multidisciplinary panel of experts including people with swallowing disability, support workers, self-advocacy groups, and allied health professionals.

The course is unique in taking a person-centred approach and utilising active learning principles, designed to immerse the learner in situations encountered on an everyday basis where mealtime safety is important. There are several learning resources available to support people to implement the strategies into the future, including a Learner Workbook, Additional Resources, and a Cook’s Companion.

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COVID-19 response 

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Who is this course for?

This short course is suitable for anyone with an interest in mealtime assistance for people with swallowing difficulty. This includes but is not limited to:

  • direct support workers
  • allied health professionals
  • speech pathologists
  • dietitians
  • occupational therapists
  • managers of health and disability services
  • learning and teaching personnel in disability services
  • family members
  • people with swallowing disability.

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