This module on Family-Style Dining is one of seven in the Taking Steps to Healthy Success series that shows how ECE programs can support optimal health for young children, their families, and care providers. Explore elements of family-style dining, identify improvement areas for your program, and create action steps to improve your program and policies as you identify ways to engage families and staff to adopt family-style dining. (2 hours)
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Objectives
- Understand the elements of family-style dining, a best practice for meal service in ECE.
- Learn how to overcome challenges to starting and strengthening family-style dining practices
- Identify opportunities to engage families and staff in family-style dining.
- Create an action plan to support and sustain program improvements to support family-style dining.
The Taking Steps to Healthy Success series includes seven interactive, online courses. View information on the full series (PDF).
