When Children Won’t Eat:
Picky Eaters versus Problem Feeders
Assessment and Treatment Using the SOS Approach to Feeding
DAY 1 :
7:00am to 7:30am Registration
7:30am to 7:45am Conference Announcements
- Host Introduction
- Conference logistics and requirements to pass
7:45am to 9:45am I. Introduction
A. Prevalence Data – Growth Problems
B. Prevalence Data – Feeding Problems
C. Complexity of Feeding/Eating & the Role of the Environment
D. Tenets of SOS
9:45am to 10:00am Break
10:00am to 12:00pm D. Top 10 Myths - Overview
E. Appropriate Diagnoses to Use
II. Feeding Theory & Milestones - How children learn to AND not to eat
A. Learning Theory
1. Feeding Therapy Options
2. Video
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
3:00pm to 3:15 pm Break
3:15pm to 5:00pm D. Oral-Motor Skills & Developmental Food Continuum – continued
5:00pm to 5:15pm End of Day Quiz – open book
DAY 2:
7:30am to 9:45am II. Feeding Theory & Milestones - continued
E. Sensory Skill Acquisition
F. Understanding the Role of Sensory Processing In Feeding
9:45am to 10:00am Break
DAY 2 continued:
10:00am to 12:00pm 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
I. Psychological Developmental Stages
III. Treatment/Interventions
A. General Treatment Strategies
1. Social Role Modeling
2. Structure/Routine
3. The Correct Use of Reinforcement
4. Accessing the Cognitive
3:00pm to 3:15pm Break
3:15pm to 5:00pm III. Treatment/Interventions - continued
A. General Treatment Strategies
3. The Correct Use of Reinforcement
4. Accessing the Cognitive
B. Food Jags
IV. Assessment of Feeding Problems
A. Assessment Process
B. Referral Candidates
5:00pm to 5:15pm End of Day Quiz – open book
DAY 3:
7:30am to 9:45am IV. Assessment of Feeding Problems - continued
C. Reasons Children Won’t Eat
D. Child Factors
E. Environmental Factors
F. Parent Factors
G. Practice Video 1
H. Practice Videos
I. Parents’ Experience
V. The SOS Approach to Feeding – Theoretical Requirements
A. Systematic Desensitization
9:45am to 10:00am Break
10:00am to 12:00pm V. The SOS Approach to Feeding – Theoretical Requirements - continued
B. Cues to Eating
C. Language Use
DAY 3 continued:
VI. The SOS Approach to Feeding – Therapy Sessions - continued
D. Therapy Format - Child
1. Room Set-Up + Modifications
12:00pm to 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm to 3:00pm VI. The SOS Approach to Feeding – Therapy Sessions - continued
D. Therapy Format – Child - continued
2. Session Structure & Routine
E. Therapy Format – Parent
F. Modifications Across Settings
G. Sensory Based Problem Solving
3:00pm to 3:15pm Break
3:15pm to 5:00pm 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
5:00pm to 5:15pm End of Day Quiz – open book
DAY 4:
7:30am to 9:45am VI. The SOS Approach to Feeding – Therapy Sessions - continued
J. Building a Food Hierarchy
2. Practice
K. Hierarchy Strategies – Moving Children Up the Steps
1. Play techniques per Step
9450am to 10:00am Break
10:00am to 12:00pm VI. The SOS Approach to Feeding – Therapy Sessions - continued
K. Hierarchy Strategies – Moving Children Up the Steps - continued
1. Play techniques per Step - continued
2. Practicing hierarchy strategies
L. Hierarchy Strategies – Oral Motor Steps to Eating
12:00pm to 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm to 3:00pm** VI. The SOS Approach to Feeding – Therapy Sessions - continued
M. Video: Progression Within Session
N. SOS Data
VII. Managing Other Maladaptive Behaviors
A. Intervention strategies – Perseveration & Vomiting
B. Emotion Based Discipline
3:00pm to 3:15pm End of Day Quiz – open book
** Registrants are expected to attend the course and participate fully for the entire length of each day (7:30am to 5pm, Days 1-3), and to stay at the course from 7:30am to 3:00pm 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.
