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Help Your Child With Picky Eating: A Guide for Parents

This webinar provides parents with helpful strategies to manage picky eating behaviors in their child. Expert clinicians review how to recognize when picky eating becomes “Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder” or “ARFID,” warranting clinical concern. The webinar also explores evidence-based techniques that parents can use at home to establish a mealtime routine, increase exposure to a variety of foods, and manage conflict at the dining table.

Presenters: Nandini Datta, Ph.D., Shivani Desai, Ph.D., & Anne Claire Grammer, Ph.D.

Parenting Classes

Mealtime Made Easier: Tools for Tackling Picky Eating

Thursdays 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PST via Zoom February 5 - 26, 2026

Recommended for parents of children and teens who have significant picky eating behaviors and/or Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID).

This class delves into helpful strategies to support parents in managing picky eating behaviors in their child. Parents will learn evidence-based strategies they can use at home to:

  • Establish a mealtime routine
  • Increase exposure to a variety of foods
  • Reduce conflict at the dining table

 

Best suited for caregivers of children ages 5-18 years old.

Tuition and Scholarships

$175 per participant; scholarships available for those unable to pay the full cost. Please email us at parentingcenter@stanford.edu for more information.

Individual Treatment

Child & Adolescent Outpatient Eating Disorders Clinic

The Child & Adolescent Outpatient Eating Disorders Clinic provides comprehensive medical and psychiatric evaluation, treatment, and follow-up for children, teens, and young adults with eating disorders.

Conditions Treated:

  • Anorexia Nervosa
  • Bulimia Nervosa
  • Binge Eating Disorder
  • Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
  • Atypical eating disorders
  • Female Athlete Triad

 

This Program Provides:

  • Comprehensive diagnostic evaluation service, providing psychiatric diagnosis and treatment recommendations for eating disorders
  • Expert second opinion service for eating disorders
  • Medical assessment and management
  • Nutritional assessment and management
  • Growth and development evaluation
  • Assessment and management of osteopenia and osteoporosis
  • Psychiatric medication evaluation and monitoring
  • Psychotherapy (Family Based Treatment (FBT) for eating disorders, Adolescent Focused Therapy (AFT) for eating disorders, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for eating disorders (CBT ED), and Interpersonal therapy (IPT) for eating disorders)

 

For more information and resources, please visit the Comprehensive Eating Disorders Program page at Stanford Children's Health.

To Make an Appointment: Call Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at (650) 723-5511

Wellness Resources

Mindfulness practices can reduce stress and cultivate wellness for parents and children. The Stanford Mindfulness Program offers classes for parents and teens as well as recorded guided mindfulness meditations through the SPC website and YouTube channel. 

EVENTS

Mindfulness for Parents Class. Click here for details and registration

Positive Parenting During COVID-19 Series  for recorded webinars, click here

Autism Parent Support Group  Now via Zoom until further notice. Meets on second Mondays from 7-8:30pm (Sept.-June). To be added to the monthly email with participant zoom info, click here.

Stanford Parenting Center Classes