Course Overview
Build the knowledge needed to safely support people who experience swallowing difficulties, including understanding modified food and drink textures, following individual mealtime plans and recognising potential signs of choking or aspiration.
Why take this course?
Mealtimes are an important part of everyday life, but for a person with dysphagia, eating and drinking can involve additional risks that require careful support.
Support workers need to understand how dysphagia can affect a person’s ability to swallow safely and recognise early signs that something may be wrong. Providing the right support can help make meals safer while still ensuring they remain enjoyable, dignified and centred around the individual.
This eLearning explores the practical knowledge required when supporting someone with dysphagia. You’ll learn about safe eating and drinking, texture-modified foods and fluids, following prescribed mealtime support strategies, and what action to take if a person experiences choking or signs of aspiration.
Important Disclaimer
This course is provided for information and educational purposes only. It is designed to increase your understanding of the topic and provide theoretical knowledge to support your professional development.
Upon successful completion, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. This certificate confirms that you have completed the learning content and any associated assessments within this course. It is not a formal qualification, nationally recognised certification, licence, or accreditation, and it does not, on its own, demonstrate practical competency or authorise you to perform workplace tasks.
This course provides the theoretical knowledge required to support safe manual handling practices. It is not a substitute for practical workplace training, supervised competency assessments, organisation-specific policies and procedures, or workplace-specific manual handling instruction.
Where practical skills are required, learners must complete any additional hands-on training, workplace induction, competency assessments, and ongoing supervision required by their employer or applicable legislation.
It is the responsibility of each learner and their employer to ensure that all work is carried out in accordance with current workplace policies, relevant legislation, applicable Australian Standards, and industry best practice.
By undertaking this course, you acknowledge and agree that the Certificate of Completion is evidence of participation only and should not be relied upon as proof of professional competence or eligibility to perform manual handling tasks without appropriate workplace training and assessment.