Carrie Owen – Occupational Therapist specializing in feeding issues
Carrie Owen is an accredited Occupational Therapist, program designer, facilitator, researcher, lecturer and author in the field of feeding and related developmental needs of infants and children. She is a core team member of the feeding team and the special care nursery at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO).
She is embraced by families across Canada for her expertise and nurturing spirit as she provides understanding, advice and professional guidance to families on a wide variety of feeding challenges, from picky eaters to children with complex medical issues. Carrie is also a lactation consultant.
Carrie lectures at Canadian universities and leads professional workshops on feeding support and interventions. She is a published researcher in The Journal of Nutrition and Clinical Practice.
Carrie writes within her field and her articles can be found in Parent and Glow magazines. Presently, she is taking on her biggest authoring assignment as she pens an instructional book for parents, Please Eat Your Peas- The Feeding Journey.
Proud to be part of Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. Our staff are dedicated to providing services our patients and families want and need. Congrats to Sebastien Pangallo who received our Exceptional Patient Experience award for developing services for children, youth and families dealing with gender diversity, when there were none in place. And another…
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Inclusion: A Cause for Celebration Conference organized by ECRTNO and CISS. She will be addressing feeding challenges in young children.
Nov.17 2016
Having trouble getting your kids to eat? Carrie Owen from SweetPea Occupational Therapy will present parents with strategies to help expand the variety of foods and textures their child will eat. Learn about some of the common feeding challenges and discover some helpful tips to help with mealtime frustrations for both parent and child.
Read detailsMy most recent workshop was geared to community providers such as ECEs, daycare providers and allied healthcare professionals
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