The Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS®) Approach to Feeding 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.
Objectives
- List the seven areas of human function that need to be examined to provide a comprehensive Feeding Assessment
- Identify at least five of the oral, sensory, motor, cognitive or emotional developmental milestones key to being able to eat well
- List three reasons why children won’t eat, as based on learning theory principles
- Differentiate classical and operant conditioning principles as applied to resolving feeding problems
- 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
- List all three requirements for building a Food Hierarchy
- Identify at least one play-based strategy for progressing a child up each of the 6 major Steps on the Steps to Eating Hierarchy
Audience
This conference is intended for professionals who work with children with feeding difficulties including Speech Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, Special Educators, Early Intervention Specialists, Nurses, Physicians, Dietitians, Mental Health Workers, other Child Care Providers, and Educators.
By attending and completing the SOS Approach to Feeding conference, the attendee understands that Education Resources, Inc. will share the attendees’ contact information with Dr. Kay Toomey/Toomey & Associates, Inc. This information will be used to document and verify each attendee who has fully completed the SOS Approach to Feeding (4 Day) Training Conference and to provide attendees with access to SOS Approach to Feeding resources.
** Registrants are expected to attend the course and participate fully for the entire length of each day (7:30 am to 5:00 pm, Days 1-3), and to stay at the course from 7:30 am to 3:00 pm on the last day in order to receive their Certificate and their full CEU 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.
COVID Safety Measures for in-person courses
Any guidelines issued by the hosting facility will be shared with you and must be reviewed.
You will be required to show proof of vaccination and wear a mask at all times.
Please do not attend the course if you are experiencing any symptoms of illness such as cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fever, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, or new loss of taste or smell.
Please do not attend the course if you believe you have been exposed to someone with a suspected and/or confirmed case of the Coronavirus/COVID-19
COVID Safety Measure for In-Person Courses
Dr. Kay A. Toomey is a Pediatric Psychologist who has worked with children who don’t eat for almost 35 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, and then the SOS Feeding Solutions @ STAR before shifting into clinical consultation in order to focus on her teaching. Dr. Toomey is currently the President of Toomey & Associates, Inc.
Kelly Fitzpatrick, CCC-SLP received her Master of Arts degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Memphis. She currently works in a Pediatric Gastroenterology Clinic, where she established a feeding clinic. She works children of all ages, but specializes in children birth to 3 years, and those who are G-tube dependent. Prior to working at the GI clinic, Kelly acted as the Assistant Clinical Director of SOS Feeding Solutions @ STAR with Dr. Kay Toomey and Dr. Lucy Jane Miller. She has also worked in the Early Intervention and Pediatric Outpatient Hospital Settings using the SOS Approach to Feeding program. Kelly is completed the STAR Institute's Intensive Mentorship Program. She is also a Certified Lactation Counselor and a certified DIR Floortime Provider.
"Words cannot describe how much information and knowledge I have gained. I appreciate all the information Dr. Toomey & Dr. Ross have provided. It is exciting to be given all this incredible information and then implementing it. This class has peaked my interest and am eager to potentially specialize in picky eaters and problem feeders." - -Jennifer Bade, SLP
"As a therapist I felt there were missing pieces to my feeding tx.program. The SOS program helped me to recognize the cognitive developmental scale of the children." -Maryann Smith, SLP
"Great course! Full of relevant and interesting information. Great not only for an entry level therapist but for a seasoned therapist as well!" -Deborah Lennon, OT
"This course has saved me and as a result my kiddos + families with feeding issues! I was completely disjointed and had no continuity. Now I have a clear way to assess, begin, progress and discharge kiddos and document progress! Thank you!" - -Emily J Faurole, OTD, OTR
VENUE ADDRESS
18200 Katy Freeway @ Barker Cypress
1st Floor Conference Center, Rooms WH-01A & WH-01B
Houston, TX 77094
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Continuing Education Hours for disciplines not listed below: 30 contact hours (3.0 CEUs). Intermediate level. License #______________.
Education Resources, Inc. is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Provider #3043. This Live Course is offered at 30 Contact Hours (3.0 CEUs). Intermediate level, OT Service Delivery. AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures. This course can be used toward your NBCOT renewal requirements for 30 units. Approved by the TX Board of OT Examiners.
ASHA CEUs are awarded by the ASHA CE Registry upon receipt of the CEU Participant Form from the ASHA. Approved CE Provider for up to 3.0 CEU’s. The learning assessment for this course was successfully completed and approved for 30 clock hours of continuing education credit by the TX Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
This activity is provided by the TX Board of PT Examiners accredited provider #2210017TX for 30 CCUs and meets continuing competence requirements for PTs and PTAs licensure renewal in TX.
30 hours or 3.0 CEUs for dieticians.
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