The Additional Training Module has added two new courses.

These courses are: Breakfast: The Most Important Lesson of the Day, and Serving Students with Special Needs.

Breakfast: The Most Important Lesson of the Day

This course has been designed to teach you:

• about the importance of a nutritious breakfast,
• the reasons for providing breakfast at school,
• the varied ways to serve school breakfast,
• how to overcome barriers to serving school breakfast,
• the steps to take to expand an existing breakfast program or to start a new program, and
• information specific to school breakfast programs in Pennsylvania.

This course has been prepared with three broad goals in mind for you:

• To serve as more than a course: to provide you with a source of information and resources that you can return to as needed
• To provide enough information and resources to help you feel confident to begin or expand your school breakfast program
• Upon completion of this course you will be equipped with the motivation, knowledge and tools necessary for school breakfast success.

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Serving Students with Special Needs

This course will teach participants:

• How to describe common medical conditions resulting in students’ special dietary needs, the symptoms of these conditions, and the basic principles for managing them.
• The requirements of federal laws related to serving students with special needs.
• Participants will identify the team members involved in management of special dietary needs in schools and the role of each member.
• Participants will describe the specific school foodservice responsibilities regarding serving students with special dietary needs.
• Participants will be able to state the federal requirements regarding making milk substitutions in the school meal programs.
• Participants will be able to understand the recommendations for using the Medical Plan of Care form.
• Participants will engage in an activity to apply the information learned in this course in some real-life, practical situations.
• Participants will  be able to identify resources related to accommodating students with special dietary needs in the school nutrition programs.

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