Good nutrition is essential for all children to achieve their physical and developmental potential.

Welcome to Nutrition for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs in Washington State!

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Our project supports nutrition services for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) and their families in Washington State. Because children and youth with special health care needs are at increased risk for nutrition-related problems, the project provides training and ongoing support for registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs) and community feeding teams.

Information you will find here includes:

Nutrition Network - Photo by Omar Flores, Unsplash

CYSHCN Nutrition Network

The Nutrition Network is a group of registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs) throughout Washington State who provide nutrition services for children and youth with special health care needs.

Feeding Team, Photo by NCI on Unsplash

Feeding Team

Feeding teams work directly with families to help parents/caregivers resolve important issues related to feeding and nutrition.

Find a Network Dietitian, Photo by Marcus Winkler on Unsplash

Find A Nutrition Network Dietitian

Find a registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) in Washington State who’ll provide nutrition services for children and youth with special health care needs.

Those who live outside Washington State may also find the information on this website helpful. Registered dietitian nutritionists, nurses, primary care providers, occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech therapists, educators, social workers, and others working with the pediatric special needs population will find useful information, available services, resources, publications, and links to related websites.

This project is a collaboration between the Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program in the Department of Health, and the Center on Human Development and Disability at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA.

Our Successes…

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Counties Served by Interdisciplinary Feeding Teams
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Interdisciplinary Community Feeding Teams
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Counties with Nutrition Network Dietitian
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Nutrition Network Dietitians Trained

To request information on this website in another format, call 1-800-525-0127. Deaf or hard of hearing customers, please call 711 (Washington Relay) or email civil.rights@doh.wa.gov.

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