Nourishing Children in Our Own Backyard20250125045342
Nourishing Children in Our Own Backyard
January 25, 2025children, leadership, programs, progress, research, resources, response, Thought Leadership, United States0 comments
At SPOON, we believe that no child should be denied the right to obtain their highest level of health and wellness due to disability or family status....
Improving Support for Children with Disabilities with Count Me In+20230618025120
Improving Support for Children with Disabilities with Count Me In+
June 18, 2023advocacy, app, caregivers, children, Count Me In, digital health app, disabilities, disability, families, feeding, malnutrition, nutrition, technology0 comments
SPOON is redesigning our digital health app, Count Me In. This new version, called Count Me In+, will allow SPOON to improve our support for children ...
Expanding our Impact in Uganda20230331145829
Expanding our Impact in Uganda
March 31, 2023advocacy, ARU, care, care reform, caregiver, caregivers, child, children, community, Count Me In, disabilities, disability, families, family, family care, feeding, impact, Master Trainer, nutrition, partner, partnership, programs, support, training, Uganda0 comments
SPOON has been working in Uganda since 2016 in partnership with the Association of Religious through their Catholic Care for Children Uganda (ARU-CCCU...
“Care Reform”: Helping Families Stay Together20230221114230
“Care Reform”: Helping Families Stay Together
February 21, 2023advocacy, alternative care, care, care reform, caregivers, children, deinstitutionalization, families, family, family care, feeding, nutrition, reform, Uganda, Zambia0 comments
SPOON focuses on meeting the nutrition and feeding needs of children with disabilities and children without family care, but we know that nutrition an...
SPOON Partner Profile: Meet Nikolina20230125164901
SPOON Partner Profile: Meet Nikolina
January 25, 2023advocacy, caregivers, children, collaboration, confidence, Count Me In, croatia, disabilities, disability, feeding, inclusion, learning, malnutrition, nutrition, partner, partner profile, partnership, peer trainer, perkins, trainer, training0 comments
Meet Nikolina Juric, Program Manager for Europe and Eurasia at Perkins International and SPOON Peer Trainer in Croatia. Beginning in 2022, SPOON partn...
Laying A Foundation: Training that Includes Children with Disabilities20221019122600
Laying A Foundation: Training that Includes Children with Disabilities
October 19, 2022caregivers, child development, children, collaboration, course, disabilities, disability, distance learning, early child development, foundational, inclusion, inclusive, India, kenya, learning, malnutrition, nutrition, online, partner, partnership, south africa, support, training0 comments
In July, a cohort made up of 42 professionals was the first to complete our new Disability-Inclusive Child Development Course. This course was develop...
Local Impact: Updates on Our US Program20220824112513
Local Impact: Updates on Our US Program
August 24, 2022caregivers, children, collaboration, confidence, distance learning, empowerment, feeding, foster, foster care, learning, local, malnutrition, nutrition, online course, online learning, oregon, OSU, pacific northwest, partner, partnership, program, resources, support, training, trauma, trauma-informed, trauma-informed care, United States, washington0 comments
SPOON and Oregon State University (OSU) Extension Service in Columbia County have collaborated to create the “Nourished and Thriving Children Course,”...
Confidence in Croatia20220815155614
Confidence in Croatia
August 15, 2022caregivers, children, coaching, confidence, Count Me In, croatia, disabilities, disability, facilitation, feeding, learning, malnutrition, mentorship, nutrition, positioning, support, training0 comments
With funding from the Dorothea Haus Ross Foundation, SPOON is excited to partner with Perkins International on our first-ever program in Croatia. Perk...
The Needs of 250 Million Children are Not ‘Niche’20220712164317
The Needs of 250 Million Children are Not ‘Niche’
July 12, 2022advocacy, alternative care, children, COVID, disabilities, disability, malnutrition, nutrition, policy, research, residential care0 comments
SPOON serves two groups of children who face some of the highest rates of malnutrition: children with disabilities and children without family care (i...
A Chair for Every Child20220510181348
A Chair for Every Child
May 10, 2022accessibility, assistive technology, caregivers, chair, children, disabilities, disability, feeding, learning, positioning, research, seating, spoon blog, support, testing, Uganda0 comments
Since 2019, SPOON has partnered with Utensile, an Oregon-based product development company, to create a safe and affordable seating solution for child...
