Thank you for completing this survey. Your input is valued and and will help shape future decision making with health colleagues. Closing date for submissions Tuesday 30 September 2025.

We would like to explore any issues you may face with food, your child’s eating and weight. Such challenges are often referred to as Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID). This digital survey builds on feedback and discussion between Health Colleagues and the Leeds Parent Carer Form (LPCF), and an ARFID workshop held during the Local Offer Live event in March, which included a paper version of this survey.

There is no formal pathway nationally to support ARFID and support is delivered through services locally such as speech and language therapy, dieticians and occupational therapists. In Leeds we would like to collate your feedback to understand more about how issues are affecting SEND families to help with future planning and support.

Please complete one survey per child. You may complete the survey multiple times if you have more than one child impacted by food, eating and weight.

Watch this space for further information about a LPCF coffee morning in September focused on ARFID with guest speakers Juniper Tree hosting to explore the sensory processing issues that SEND children face and to share hints and tips with other parent carers.