Discover Mindful Eating for Kids: 75 Activities for Managing Picky Eaters, Overeaters, Speed Eaters and Every Kid In-Between

A must if you work with kids! Gain the skills and confidence to use mindful eating with the pint-sized set in your classroom or practice! Written by mindful eating expert and bestselling author of Discover Mindful Eating, Megrette Fletcher, MEd, RD, CDCES, it is designed to give professionals and para-professionals the practical tools to introduce mindful eating to children (and their parents) with a variety of challenges: picky eating, disordered and emotional eating, weight management, and just to develop healthy and healthful eating habits. Features: --75 client-ready handouts on Mindful Eating activities for kids and their caregivers! Designed for either the counseling session, group education classes, or client/parent self-directed learning --Activities for a variety of common kid-eating issues! Help kids slow down, try new foods, explore cooking and meal prep, become aware of food and feelings, assess their hunger levels and much more. The authors whimsical and creative approaches include graphics and other visuals designed just for kids, using props like stuffed animals to work out feelings (with dialogue you can use with your clients), 1-minute pre-meal activities to calm younger kids, and much much more! --Step-by-step instructions on how to use these 75 mindful eating activities with kids, including prompts to use in counseling sessions, how to assess client readiness for the activity, and gaining the confidence to use each of them successfully.