SOS Approach to Feeding
(4 Day Workshop)
Treatment Using the SOS Approach to Feeding
Course Description
The Sequential Oral Sensory (S.O.S) Approach to Feeding workshop is a trans- disciplinary program for assessing and treating children with feeding difficulties and weight/growth problems from birth to 18 years. It integrates posture, sensory, motor, behavioral/learning, medical, and nutritional factors to comprehensively evaluate and manage children with feeding/growth problems.
Intended Audience
Speech Language Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, Registered Dietitians, Special Education Teachers, Psychologists, Physical Therapists, Early Intervention Specialists, Nurses, Physicians, and Mental Health Workers. Note: Training conferences are created for professionals. If parents wish to attend the training workshop, they must be accompanied by their child’s feeding therapist.
Course Level
The SOS Approach to Feeding conference is an Intermediate level course: Information is geared to practitioners with a general working knowledge of current practice trends and literature related to the subject matter. Focus is on increasing understanding and competent application of the subject matter.
Content Disclosure
The course content is focused on the SOS Approach to Feeding and there will be limited or no information provided about similar products or services.
Objectives/Agenda
1. List the seven areas of human function that need to be examined to provide a comprehensive Feeding Assessment.
2. Identify at least five of the oral, sensory, motor, cognitive or emotional developmental milestones key to being able to eat well.
3. List three reasons why children won't eat, as based on learning theory principles.
4. Differentiate classical and operant conditioning principles as applied to resolving feeding problems.
5. Identify at least four of the necessary components of an SOS Approach to Feeding program for babies, toddlers, and young children in either an individual or group therapy session.
6. List all three requirements for building a Food Hierarchy.
7. Identify at least one play-based strategy for progressing a child up each of the 6 major Steps on the Steps to Eating Hierarchy.
* To ensure Learners successfully achieve the Learning Outcomes above and to satisfy the completion requirements for the SOS Approach to Feeding conference and continuing education credits, all attendees are expected to attend the course for the entire duration of each day (Thursday-Saturday 7:30am-5:00pm, Sunday 7:30am-3:15pm)
** Additionally, all attendees are required to complete an evaluation form in order to receive their certificate of attendance.
***Masks are required
FEES
5000 SAR
PRESENTERS:
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Dr. Kay A. Toomey is a Pediatric Psychologist who has worked with children who don’t eat for almost 30 years. She has developed the SOS Approach to Feeding as a family centered program for assessing and treating children with feeding problems. Dr. Toomey speaks nationally and internationally about her approach. Dr. Toomey helped to form The Children’s Hospital – Denver’s Pediatric Oral Feeding Clinic, as well as the Rose Medical Center’s Pediatric Feeding Center. Dr. Toomey co-chaired the Pediatric Therapy Services Department at Rose Medical Center prior to entering private practice. Dr. Toomey acted as the Clinical Director for Toomey & Associates, Inc.’s Feeding Clinic for six years and SOS Feeding Solutions @ STAR for eight years. Dr. Toomey is currently the President of Toomey & Associates, Inc., and acts as a Clinical Consultant to the Feeding Clinic at STAR Institute. |
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Dr. Erin Sundseth Ross is a Speech Pathologist with a Doctoral degree in Clinical Sciences – Health Services Research. She completed a two-year post-doctoral training in the Section of Nutrition and is a Clinical Instructor in the School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, at the University of Colorado, Denver. Dr. Ross has over 25 years of experience working in the NICU within several HealthONE hospitals, and with children when she was at the SOS Feeding Solutions clinic in Denver, Colorado. Dr. Ross is the creator of the SOFFI MethodSM, a feeding program for use in the NICU. She has specialized in the development of feeding skills, and the etiology and treatment of feeding and growth problems in infants and very young children from initial hospitalization through the first 5 years of life. |
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL AND NON-FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS
Dr. Kay A. Toomey –
- Owner Toomey & Associates, Inc. and the SOS Approach to Feeding program
- Founding Medical Professional Council Member with Feeding Matters - PFD Alliance Committee Member (unpaid)
Assessment and Treatment Using the SOS Approach to Feeding COURSE AGENDA
| DAY 1 : Thursday Jan 13th, 2022 | |
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| 7:30am to 8:00am | Registration |
| 8:00am to 10:00am | I. Introduction A. Prevalence Data – Feeding Problems B. Prevalence Data – Growth Problems C. Complexity of Feeding/Eating & the Role of the Environment D. Tenets of SOS |
| 10:00am to 10:15am | Break |
| 10:15am to noon | D. Top 10 Myths - Overview II. Feeding Theory & Milestones A. Learning Theory |
| 12:00pm to 1:00pm | Lunch - On Your Own |
| 1:00pm to 3:00pm | B. Myth 1 = Breathing C. Motor Skill Acquisition D. Oral-Motor Skill Acquisition & Developmental Food Continuum |
| DAY 2 continued: Friday Jan 14th, 2022 | |
| 8:00am to 10:00am | II. Feeding Theory & Milestones - continued E. Sensory Skill Acquisition F. Understanding the Role of Sensory Processing In Feeding |
| 10:00am to 10:15am | Break |
| 10:15am to noon | II. Feeding Theory & Milestones – continued G. Steps to Eating - Overview H. Cognitive Development |
| 12:00pm to 1:00pm | Lunch |
| 1:00pm to 3:00pm | II. Feeding Theory & Milestones – continued III. Treatment/Interventions |
| 3:00pm to 3:15pm | Break |
| 3:15pm to 5:00pm | III. Treatment/Interventions - continued IV. Assessment of Feeding Problems |
| DAY 3: Saturday Jan 15th, 2022 | |
| 8:00am to 10:00am | IV. Assessment of Feeding Problems- continued E. Environmental Factors F. Parent Factors G. Practice Videos H. Parents’ Experience |
| 10:00am to 10:15am | Break |
| 10:15am to noon | V. The SOS Approach to Feeding – Theoretical Requirements A. Systematic Desensitization B. Cues to Eating C. Language Use |
| 12:00pm to 1:00pm | Lunch |
| 1:00pm to 3:00pm | VI. The SOS Approach to Feeding – Therapy Sessions D. Therapy Format - Child 1. Room Set-Up + Modifications 2. Session Structure & Routine |
| 3:00pm to 3:15pm | Break |
| 3:15pm to 5:00pm | VI. The SOS Approach to Feeding – Therapy Sessions - continued |
| DAY 4: Sunday Jan 16th, 2022 | |
| 8:00am to 10:00am | VI. The SOS Approach to Feeding – Therapy Sessions - continued H. Progression Across Sessions I. Graduation Criteria & SOS Data J. Building a Food Hierarchy |
| 1. Requirements | |
| 10:00am to 10:15am | Break |
| 2. Practice | |
| 10:15am to noon | VI. The SOS Approach to Feeding – Therapy Sessions - continued J. Building a Food Hierarchy – continued 2. Practice K. Hierarchy Strategies – Moving Children Up the Steps 1. Play techniques per Step 2. Practicing hierarchy strategies |
| 12:00pm to 1:00pm | Lunch |
| 1:00pm to 3:00pm | VI. The SOS Approach to Feeding – Therapy Sessions - continued K. Hierarchy Strategies – Moving Children Up the Steps - continued L. Hierarchy Strategies – Oral Motor Steps to Eating |
| 3:00pm to 3:15pm | Break |
| 3:15pm to 5:00pm | VI. The SOS Approach to Feeding – Therapy Sessions - continued M. Video: Progression Within Session N. SOS Data |
VII. Managing Other Maladaptive Behaviors |
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| ** Participants are expected to attend the course for the entire length of each day (8am to 5pm), in order to receive their Certificate and their full continuing education credits. Participants will miss crucial information needed to be able to correctly use the SOS Approach to Feeding program if they come late or leave the course early. | |
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