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Certificate of Childhood Diet and Nutrition
Flexible, short distance course,covering birth to adolescence this course has been designed by one of Australia's leading childhood nutritionists, Leanne Cooper. Ideal for parents, childcare staff and carers seeking to clarify what healthy eating for children really is. Health care professionals are advised to enrol into Paediatric Nutrition to ensure an appropriate level of study.
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Comprehensive and practical, this course will ensure you feel confident that
your child is or children in your care are getting the best start to
life. This course offers a rare insight into Childhood Nutrition that you
are unlikely to find elsewhere. Covering
birth to adolescence, all you need to know about
early nutrition and healthy
eating is in this course. A detailed course with 36 hours equivalent
study, it can be completed in less than the 18 weeks if you are able to set
aside more than two hours a week for study or you can use the flexible extension options for more time if required.
Duration: 36 hours (two hours of study over 18 weeks - flexible).
Accreditation: Statement of Attainment from VETAB
(when enrolling via SGSCC); 30* CPE
points from ATMS;
18 CPE points from NHAA and may be eligible for PME points (AAMT) and Midwifery Council of NZ.
Fee: $355 Australian residents only ($50 postage for international students); NZ residents enrol direct with Parents Centre NZ to avoid postage charges and gain NZ relevant resources |
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Get a Child Care qualification
Enrol with
St George Sutherland Community College
to gain a National VETAB Statement of
Attainment for the National Training Package 'Care of Children' (which forms
part of Certificate III in Child Care Services). Ideal for those
studying or working in Child Care or those working with children in a
professional capacity. Contact SGSCC on 02 9528 3344.
All courses are run entirely via Cadence Health regardless of who you enrol
with.
DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE: Certificate of
Childhood Diet and
Nutrition
The following
is roughly about 55% of the content of the course and indicates only major
topics. The course content far exceeds this guide, we are confident
you will thoroughly enjoy this jam packed course.
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What influences
our child’s eating habits? |
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How do I
establish positive eating habits for my children? |
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How can you tell
when a child is eating well? |
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Principles of a
good diet |
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Cultural
considerations |
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How are our
children faring?
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NUTRITION
FUNDAMENTS |
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Nutrition and
diet |
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Introduction to
the Australian dietary guidelines for the young |
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Updates on food
groups and pyramids |
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The five food
groups |
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Classification of
nutrients |
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Development of
the digestive system in babies |
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Basic concepts
and functions of digestion
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Growth and development in
babies and children |
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Age groups |
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Growth charts |
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Regulation of
hunger and satiety (fullness) |
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Normal eating |
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Importance of
physical activity
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Food safety |
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Foods and safe
eating in early childhood
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feeding baby |
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Breastfeeding baby |
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Health and
nutritional benefits of breastfeeding for baby |
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Milk production and stage
of breastmilk |
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Changes in breastmilk
during feeding |
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Baby’s growth and
development |
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Maternal influences on
breastmilk - diet, caffeine, alcohol, smoking and foods |
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Allergies and the
breastfed infant |
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Caring for breastmilk |
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Infant formulas for feeding baby |
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Types of
formula, terminology and choosing |
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Whole cow’s
milk for infant feeding |
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Other ‘milks’ |
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The importance of iron for
infants |
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Feeding premature babies |
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Weaning
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NURTURING healthy eating habits |
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Introducing solids |
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When to start
solids |
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Signs of
readiness for solids |
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Introducing
solids in pre-term infants |
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How long does
it take to introduce solids? |
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Starting out-
What foods to start with |
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What foods at
what age? |
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Quantity and
frequency of food |
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Foods not
suitable for infants and toddlers |
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Moving toward
meal routines |
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Fluids, fruit juice and
milk |
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Home-made vs. commercial
baby foods |
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The importance of lumpy
foods |
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Adverse reactions |
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What to do when bub say
'thanks, but no thanks'
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Dietary recommendations, growth
and development |
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Ensuring adequate food
intake |
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Highlight on
dietary guidelines ‘Children and adolescents need sufficient
nutritious foods to grow and develop normally |
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Growth
in young children and adolescents |
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A
hungry child |
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NUTRIENTS in our foods |
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Are
carbohydrates that complex? |
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Simple sugars |
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Reading food labels for sugar content |
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Glycaemic Index (GI and Glycaemic Load (GL)) |
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Complex carbohydrates and fibre |
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Highlight on dietary guidelines ‘Eat plenty of cereals
(including breads, rice, pasta and noodles), preferably wholegrain’ |
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Suggestions for including cereals
and meeting the requirements |
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Introduction to
dietary fats |
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Highlight on dietary guidelines
‘Care should be taken
to limit saturated fat and moderate total fat intake (low fat diets
are not suitable for infants)’ |
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Highlight on dietary guidelines ‘Eat plenty of vegetables, legume and fruits’ |
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Highlight on dietary guidelines
‘Choose water as a
drink’ |
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Highlight on
dietary guidelines
‘Include milks, yoghurt or alternatives’ |
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Highlight on
dietary guidelines
‘Choose foods low in salt’ |
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Superfoods
and foods as supplements |
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CREATING Healthy EATING HABITS
IN CHILDREN |
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Development of eating
patterns |
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How
do taste preferences develop? |
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How
learning happens |
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influences over Eating patterns
and eating concerns |
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The influence of parents |
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Suggestions for encouraging healthy eating
habits |
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The influence of television |
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Children in daycare |
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Canteens |
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Eating patterns of concern |
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Food finickiness |
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What is fussy eating? |
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Causes of food fussiness |
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The importance of introducing ‘lumpy’ foods |
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Suggestions for coping with food rejection |
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Picky eaters and food neophobia |
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Strategies to reduce the health impact of food
neophobia |
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Encouraging children to the stuff they don't like |
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HEALTH AND EATING HABITS |
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Diet,
nutrition and teeth |
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Iron
deficiency and anaemia in children |
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Anaemia |
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Example meals that meet the RDI of iron |
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The
vegetarian child |
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Allergies and intolerances - lactose and gluten |
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Identifying food allergies |
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Peanut and cows' milk protein allergy |
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Food additives and health |
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Some common problem additives |
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Additives |
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Pesticides and other chemicals |
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Nutrition and behaviour |
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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) |
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Nutrients and hyperactivity |
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What does the research say about food
substances and hyperactivity? |
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Managing ADHD |
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Overweight, obesity, dieting and physical activity in childhood |
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The role of ‘extra foods’ |
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Children and dieting |
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The importance of being active |
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Disordered eating |
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Anorexia nervosa |
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Bulimia nervosa |
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Signs and signals of eating disorders |
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What causes eating disorders? |
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Body image |
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Where to go for help |
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Sports nutrition for sporty kids |
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Hydration |
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Fuelling strategies |
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Recovery techniques |
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Planning for events |
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Supplements and children |
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Creating and planning Healthy
meals |
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Meal planning for children |
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Applying servings to meals |
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Calories vs nutrients |
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Evaluating serving sizes and intake |
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Infants: serving requirements |
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Toddlers: serving size requirements |
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Preschoolers and children: serving size requirements |
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Diet assessment for adolescents |
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What techniques work and why |
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Using your simple charts |
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Being
a discerning ‘feeder’ |
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Learning how to read food labels |
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Simple formula for identifying
high-fat products |
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Testimonials
I really enjoyed this course, I found it hard to walk away! I have cerntaily learnt a lot and will use the knowledge for my two darling daughters! Thank you, Natasha, Two Wells, SA.
I have really
enjoyed this course and I think I will do the Paediatric course next, in
fact I would like to do all of them I have enjoyed it so much!
Lee, Papamoa, NZ
As a naturopath, this
has been a great course for me professionally but also personally as
I am expecting a baby in October. I am looking forward to doing
the Paediatric course next.
Sarah Fox
What I enjoyed most
about the course was the relevance it carried in relation to my own life
(being a mother of two).. and ... the fact that it was distance learning
and I could work at my own pace... I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Kathryn Clarkin,
Mother of two
This course was so
easy to absorb the information from. Well done with writing it I am
lucky (very) to have found it (the course). Also thanks for helping and
setting me up, I am extremely happy and have told a lot of
people about my experience!
Charmaine Brown,
Sydney
Great content... and
it was easy learning with the study guide. The staff were really
helpful and offered support throughout my study of this course...
Emma Donnan, Teacher
It's almost like every
time I picked up my text to do some study I am awestruck with amazing
information. I have learnt so much about how to feed my baby and
toddler. I wish I had enrolled earlier.
Name withheld for personal reasons
As a nanny I found
this course to be very informative. I began implementing aspects of
the course to my job before I had finished studying the first section.
Reenah Lampert,
Sydney
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