Understanding
Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder -
for professionals
A live session on Zoom worth CPD hours, for professionals who keep meeting restricted eating in their caseload. Why standard mealtime and weight-focused approaches backfire, and what works instead.
Your certificate is issued in your name after a short post-session survey.
The live session, plus on-demand content from lived and professional perspectives that keeps growing.
Professionals, families and neurodivergent people in one session. Never recorded, so people speak openly about what works.
Sound familiar?
If any of these sound like your caseload, this session was written for you.
“The care plan says increase variety, and every attempt to follow it makes the eating worse.”
“We are weighing and monitoring, but nobody has explained why this child cannot eat the food.”
“I am writing reports and EHCP advice about eating and I want the language to be right.”
“My team keeps asking whether this is ARFID or an eating disorder, and I need a straight answer to give them.”
It is not fussy eating, and it is not poor parenting. There is a formulation that makes sense of it.
Written for the people who meet it at work.
If restricted eating turns up in your caseload, your classroom or your ward, this is for you. Among others, we regularly train:
Health care
Dietitians, SLTs, OTs, paediatricians, GPs, nurses, health visitors, CAMHS and eating disorder teams, psychologists, psychiatrists.
Social care
Social workers, support workers, residential and supported living staff, early help, safeguarding leads, commissioners.
Education
Teachers, SENCOs, teaching assistants, pastoral and inclusion leads, catering and lunchtime staff, educational psychologists.
And beyond
Employers and HR, managers, youth and community services, charities, anyone whose work brings them alongside someone whose eating is restricted.
Not an exhaustive list. No diagnosis, referral or background knowledge needed.
Same session, every month.
Just pick your date.
Live on Zoom · times shown in your local time (your local time)
Can't make any of these? New dates are added every month - join the newsletter and we'll let you know.
Two hours that make sense of ARFID
Restricted eating is not fussy eating, and it is not a parenting failure. It is a combination of sensory processing, anxiety and interoception that turns eating into genuine fear. Here is what we cover.
What ARFID is
A clear, jargon-free explanation - and why it isn't fussy eating.
What contributes to it
The sensory, anxiety and biological roots - why it isn't anyone's fault.
Supporting someone
Practical, pressure-free strategies that actually help at the table.
What else it could be
Related conditions and when to seek further assessment.
Tips for calmer eating
Real tools for safe foods, new foods, and mealtimes without battles.
Live on Zoom, never recorded
Families, neurodivergent adults, and colleagues speak, ask what they actually need to ask - and that's exactly why it's worth coming.
What your ticket actually buys.
Most training sells you a seat in a room. This is four separate things, and the part that keeps growing arrives after the session ends.
The live session
Two hours on Zoom with the chat open. Because we never record it, people speak freely: autistic and ADHD adults describing what eating actually feels like from the inside, parents describing what happens at the table every evening, and colleagues working the same cases as you. That is the part no recording can give you.
CPD hours and your certificate
The session is worth CPD hours. Your certificate is issued in your name after a short post-session survey, with the hours stated, so it drops straight into your appraisal folder or revalidation portfolio.
The full on-demand course
Separately produced content, not a recording of your session. A clickable course with the material, resources and references built in, plus pre-recorded contributions from lived and professional experience.
Bonus content that keeps growing
Additional recorded segments, handouts and resources that go well beyond what the live session covers. We add new material as we produce it and your access does not expire, so what you bought today keeps getting bigger.
Meet your trainer
Loren Snow
Founder and Lead Trainer, PGcert Autism
Ten years and counting of walking alongside families, from diagnosis to crisis. Loren is one of the UK's lead trainers for the NHS and social care mandatory autism training and works in NHS crisis services.
Three ways to book it.
Take a place on a monthly open session (with a mix of families, neurodivergent individuals and professionals), or commission the session privately for your service. Both carry the live delivery, the full on-demand course, the growing bonus professional specific content and CPD certificates.
The whole team session is an hour longer, with far more strategies and conversations specific to your setting discussed. This still includes all the bonus material, which further doubles the content available on demand after the live session.
One ticket per person, with your own CPD record.
- Two-hour live session on Zoom
- Post session on-demand course access with bonus content (worth £35+)
- CPD Certificate
Pick a date
Private session tailored to your team.
- Two to three hour live session on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, or in person
- Bespoke to your service
- Implementation pack
- CPD certificates for every attendee
- On-demand access for all attendees
Arrange a call →Standalone on-demand, watch immediately, £35 - or join live and get it included with your ticket after the session.
Trusted across health and social care
★★★★★ 4.9 / 5.0 from 2,600+ written evaluations · 20,000+ people trained in 2025
“Felt more real because people with autism delivered it”
“A row of LEDs went off in my head”
“I really like Loren's style of delivery”
“This should be mandatory in both health and education settings”
“Fantastic! Best training I’ve had in years”
“Great training, came away more confident and more mindful”
Questions people ask us.
We are upfront about how our sessions work. Here is what you and your service will want to know before booking.
Where do the sessions take place?
All our open-access webinars run live on Zoom. You do not need a Zoom account - just a link, which arrives by email after booking.
These are not passive sessions. Throughout the session:
- The chat is open the entire time
- We read your comments and questions as they come in
- We mention attendees by name and bring your perspectives into the session
- You are treated as a second voice in the room - not an audience
The chat is deleted at the end of every session. What happens in the session stays in the session.
Who comes to these sessions?
Deliberately mixed. In the same session you will find:
- Professionals across health, social care and education
- Parents and carers supporting a child whose eating is restricted
- Neurodivergent adults here for themselves
That mix is the point. You are not only hearing from trainers and other practitioners, you are hearing from the people your work is about - what helped, what made things worse, and what they wish professionals had understood sooner. Because the session is never recorded, people speak openly. The chat is deleted at the end.
Who creates and delivers these sessions?
Every session is built by our team together - not one person working alone. Each topic draws on:
- Multiple neurodivergent specialists with lived experience
- Frontline practice and peer-reviewed research
- Refinement through delivery to tens of thousands of people
Do I get a recording?
Not of the live session, no. You will receive on-demand access an hour after the session, which is separately produced content rather than a recording of your session.
We do not live record. The reason is straightforward: the sessions are personal. The chat is open, people share things about themselves and their families, and attendees are named and included throughout. Recording that would not be right.
Can I get a refund?
Yes, if you cancel at least 14 days before the session. Under 14 days, we cannot offer refunds. Here is why:
- We run these sessions as cheaply as possible because they are a community good
- By the time you cancel close to the date, we have already spent money on advertising to reach you
- Refunding under 14 days means we absorb both the payment processor fees and the advertising cost
- Around 30% of people who book do not turn up or cancel - often due to last-minute childcare needs. As parents and carers ourselves, we understand. However, if we refunded everyone or moved them on to a different session, we simply could not keep running our sessions
Do I get the slides?
You get them after the session via our on-demand platform. You will be sent the login details an hour after the session ends. This is more than a slide deck - it is a clickable web page with resources and links built in, which you can click through directly.
Can I bring an AI note-taker?
No. For the same reason we do not record: the people in the session have not consented to being captured by a third-party tool. The chat is personal and the session is just between us.
You will get access to the on-demand version an hour after the session has ended if you need something to refer back to.
Can my employer be invoiced?
Yes, but only in limited cases. We only allow invoicing when booking for more than 15 people, or when booking a whole team session. Everything else is paid by card at the point of booking.
Can I bring my whole team on one ticket?
No. Each attendee needs their own ticket, because each ticket carries one on-demand access and one certificate issued in that person's name.
If you want to train a group, book a whole team session instead. That is a longer private session built around your service, and every attendee gets their own certificate and on-demand access.
How do I get my certificate?
Certificates are generated by you completing your post-session certification survey via our on-demand platform. You will get access to this an hour after the session ends if you booked a live session or immediately if you booked on-demand.
I missed a session I really wanted. Will it run again?
Most popular topics run at least once a month, sometimes twice. A handful of topics currently run only a few times a year, so it is worth checking back regularly.
- The quickest way to find out about a session is to join our mailing list - there is a link at the bottom of the page
- If a topic is available on demand, you will find it in our e-learning
I love your sessions. How can I help?
Tell people. Genuinely - word of mouth is the most valuable thing you can do. Share the link, tell a friend, mention us in a group. We run free sessions regularly too, so share those when they come up.
Everything we do is built to help as many people as possible. The more people who know about us, the more people we can reach.
I really want to join your team. How do I do that?
We get a lot of these, including from people wanting to volunteer. Being honest: it takes a lot to support someone to deliver in our style, so we are selective. You are likely a fit if you have:
- Professional experience in these spaces - not just lived experience (we have plenty of that)
- A track record of delivering training, in person and online
- A social delivery style - talking with people, not at them
Right now we have specific gaps we would love help with:
- Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, and Tourette's - we have plenty of lived experience but need someone with professional experience supporting people in workplaces and schools
- Neurodiversity and race - a big gap
- Leadership - people who work or have worked in leadership. We do a lot of work supporting managers, and we also deliver neurodiversity in the workplace training
Please be aware that we receive a lot of enquiries about working for us. We cannot respond to them all - we cannot respond to most of them. If you would like to get in touch anyway, here is the contact form.
Can my organisation sponsor your sessions?
Yes. Corporate sponsorship allows us to offer more completely free webinars to those that need them. If you want to partner with us and fund free places - or fully fund a session - for the public good, get in contact.
In return, you will be announced across our social media channels, newsletter, website, and within the sessions themselves. Your logo will be placed on the front of the slide deck for that session, and on this page , so every attendee knows your organisation made it possible. You will also receive our PR kit so you can shout about it too, and you will be listed on our website as an official partner. Your funding directly removes barriers for neurodivergent individuals, families, and the many healthcare and social care professionals who attend our webinars.
To discuss sponsorship, please contact us.
Our Mission. Our Values. Our Model.
Neurodivergent people deserve to live independently, do work we enjoy, and never be defined by what others think we cannot do.
We train health professionals, workplaces, educators, and families to make that possible - not through ongoing support but through real understanding that changes how people think and act permanently.
We Give Value First
We start with the people who need it most and give. Free resources, information, content, and tickets - before anyone spends a penny.
The Strategies Work
Real strategies delivered with honest candour - useful the next day, not forgotten by Friday. That changes things for the people around them.
Results Create Advocates
Impactful strategies that work because they come from lived experience. The people we train recommend us to colleagues and leadership.
Organisations Bring Us In
Our character has already been proven. That trust means organisations book us. Real impact, real change, and funds to give more.
Why we do this
Everything we say comes from being there. We have navigated the same systems, faced the same barriers, and been misread, overlooked, or managed rather than supported. So our training is not adapted from generic content - it is built by us, from the inside out.
Whatever brought you here, we are glad you found us.
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Parent carer forums supported us on our own journeys - so we built something specifically for yours. These are focused, community-level sessions delivered by a Neurodiverse Training trainee trainer, supported by a senior trainer. You get the core session, for your community. No certificates, no tailoring, no recording. Just the knowledge, delivered by someone who lives it.
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