04 NOVEMBER 2026
Worried about your child's relationship with food? Join our free webinar with Anne-Marie Harrison, Education Director at Ideas Afresh, for practical guidance on understanding and supporting complex eating challenges. Discover how factors such as sensory sensitivities, anxiety and neurodiversity can influence eating habits, and learn practical strategies to reduce mealtime stress, support food exploration, and build a more positive relationship with food.
Supporting parents and carers
📅 Date: Wednesday 4th November
⏰ Time: 10am - 11am
In this webinar, she will share:
✔️How complex eating challenges can affect children and young people with SEN, and why these difficulties are often about much more than food
✔️Ways to recognise and understand ARFID and PICA, exploring the factors that can influence a child's relationship with eating
✔️Practical, family-centred strategies that can help reduce stress around mealtimes, alongside real-life examples of approaches that have made a positive difference for other families
About our speaker
Education and Training Director IdeasAfresh Ltd.
Anne-Marie has extensive experience across the SEND sector. After early experience in child development and education Anne-Marie enjoyed a 15-year career training multi-disciplinary teams in supporting autistic children and their families, at the National Autistic Society (NAS). Anne-Marie has contributed to NAS programme development, is acknowledged in Plan A for Autism (Dr Caroline Smith) and has delivered lectures at university. Her book Babies Are Noisy was published in 2013 while her professional reflections have been published in sector journals.
Anne-Marie has travelled internationally to deliver speeches and training, experiencing autism practices in different cultures.
Her professional experience and personal neurodiverse journey have empowered her in developing a thriving training and support business that offers personalised and bespoke CPD accredited training courses for both families and professionals. Her expertise reaches across all sectors and facilitates a rewarding opportunity to fully value the contribution, the neurodiverse community makes in today’s society.
