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Roots to Recovery: Garden‑Based Nutrition Counseling

CE Hours 1

About this live event

This training introduces a nature‑based approach to nutrition counseling by blending dietetics, mental health care, and hands-on gardening experiences. Participants explore how the gardening setting can support emotional regulation, mindful eating, and food‑related healing for clients with eating disorders, anxiety, trauma, ADHD, and sensory needs. The session highlights an interdisciplinary model where dietitians, therapists, and garden staff work together to create safe, grounding, and experiential nutrition sessions. Through brief demonstrations, a case example, and practical guidance, attendees learn simple ways to integrate garden‑based activities into clinical practice while maintaining ethical and logistical standards.

Learning Objectives

  • Identify therapeutic benefits of garden‑based nutrition counseling.
  • Describe how dietitians collaborate with therapists and garden staff in an interdisciplinary garden model.
  • Explain how garden‑based nutrition sessions support clients with eating disorders, anxiety, OCD, trauma, ADHD, and sensory needs.
  • Apply at least two experiential nutrition interventions appropriate for outdoor or garden‑adjacent settings.
  • Discuss ethical and logistical considerations including confidentiality, safety, and accessibility.

Target Audience

This educational activity is intended for an interprofessional audience of healthcare providers, including psychologists, social workers, counselors, MFT's and dietitians.

Agenda

11:00 am - 11:10am - Introduction

11:10 am -11:45am:

-Why Gardens Support Healing

-Light discussion of how nature/gardening helps with regulation, mindfulness, and nourishment.
-Who Benefits
-General review of client types and indications.
-Interdisciplinary Model
-High‑level look at how dietitians, therapists, and garden staff collaborate.
-Experiential Activities
-Simple demonstrations of outdoor/gardening nutrition interventions.
-Case Snapshot
-Short example illustrating the model in practice.
-Ethics & Logistics

11:45am -12: 00 pm
Q&A + Resources
Open discussion and brief resource list.
Closing remarks and CE info

Live event Instructor(s)

  • Sandra Pearce, RDN, CD

    Sandra Pearce, RDN (she/her) is a Registered Dietitian with over eight years of experience supporting adolescents and adults through evidence‑based, weight‑inclusive nutrition care. Certified in Fertility Nutrition and Nutrition for Pregnancy, she specializes in prenatal and postnatal nutrition, menstrual‑related health, chronic dieting and disordered eating, and post‑bariatric surgery nutrition. Sandra also provides Medical Nutrition Therapy for a wide range of nutrition‑related diagnoses, including diabetes, heart health, and digestive concerns. Her work is grounded in helping individuals build a more peaceful, trusting relationship with food and their bodies. She also runs the Seeds of Strength program, where she offers garden‑based nutrition counseling sessions that blend therapeutic connection, food‑growing practices, and resilience‑building. Sandra practices in Puyallup and virtually across Washington.

Disclosure

DISCLOSURE OF RELEVANT FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS CE Learning Systems adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity ― including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others ― are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (formerly known as commercial interests). The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity’s planners, faculty, and the reviewer: PLANNERS AND REVIEWER The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships. FACULTY The faculty of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

CE Process Info

Before the event, you will receive an email from CE-Go with access to the virtual event. After the event, you will receive access to your evaluation and continuing education certificate via a personalized "attendee dashboard" link, hosted on the CE-Go website. This link and access to the virtual event will be sent to the email account you used to register for the event.

Upon accessing the CE-Go "attendee dashboard", you will be able to:

  • Complete evaluation forms for the event
  • Download your continuing education certificate in a PDF format

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE-Go platform, please contact CE-Go at 888-498-5578 or by email at support@ce-go.com Please Note: Emails for this event will come from "support@ceactivities.com".

If you have any continuing education related questions, please contact your event organizer.

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  • Joint Accreditation

    Joint Accreditation (JA)

    In support of improving patient care, CE Learning Systems is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

  • Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)

    Completion of this RD/DTR profession-specific or IPCE activity awards CPEUs (1 IPCE credits = 1 CPEU). If the activity is dietetics related but not targeted to RDs or DTRs, CPEUs may be claimed which are commensurate with participation in contact hours (1 hour/60 minutes = 1 CPEU). RDs and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Logs. Performance Indicator selection is at the learner’s discretion.

  • Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)

    This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.

  • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.

  • New York Education Department's State Board for Social Work (NYEDSW)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC  (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers. #0060.

  • New York Education Department for Licensed Mental Health Counselors (NYSEDLMHC)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC  (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0072.

  • New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology (NYEDPSY)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC  (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists. #PSY-0016.

  • New York Education Department's State Board for Marriage and Family Therapy (NYEDMFT)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC  (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Marriage and Family Therapy as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists. #MFT-0045.

Disability Accommodation

We are committed to providing ADA accommodations in compliance with the law. To ensure your needs are met, please inform us of any requirements when you register, ideally at least 30 days before the event. You can do so by emailing support@ce-go.com or calling 888-498-5578.

Technology

1. This virtual event will be hosted via Zoom Webinar, and you may be prompted to download or upgrade your Zoom app if using a mobile device. A strong WiFi connection will be required for best quality.


2. We recommend clicking your "Join Webinar" button early and checking that your speakers are on before the event begins. Please do not worry about being seen or heard! Attendee video feeds and mics are turned off by default when entering a webinar. You will be able to ask questions via the Q&A feature.


3. Please respect that no copying, recording, or distribution of live session content is allowed. CE's are provided for the "live" sessions only. CE's will not be available for the recordings.

CELS Grievance Policy

If a grievance arises pertaining to continuing education activities or processes, please contact Tyler Gibson via confidential email to tyler@celearningsystems.com as soon as possible, so that the nature of the concern may be addressed in a timely fashion.
Roots to Recovery: Garden‑Based Nutrition Counseling
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  • Type
    Live Interactive Webinar
  • Date
    Thu Sep 17th, 2026
  • Time
    11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
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