When Children Won’t Eat:
Picky Eaters versus Problem Feeders
Assessment and Treatment Using the SOS Approach to Feeding
Basic Course Agenda
DAY 1:
7:30 am to 8:00 am Registration
8:00 am to 10:00 am 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
10:00 am to 10:15 am Break
10:15 am to 12:00 pm 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
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Lunch - On Your Own
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm B. Myth 1 = Breathing
C. Motor Skill Acquisition
D. Oral-Motor Skill Acquisition & Developmental Food Continuum
3:00 pm to 3:15 pm Break
3:15 pm to 5:00 pm D. Oral-Motor Skills & Developmental Food Continuum - continued
DAY 2:
8:00 am to 10:00 am II. Feeding Theory - continued
E. Sensory Skill Acquisition
F. Understanding the Role of Sensory Processing in Feeding
G. Steps to Eating - Overview
10:00 am to 10:15 am Break
10:15 am to 12:00 pm II. Feeding Theory & Milestones – continued
H. Cognitive Development
I. Psychological Developmental Stages
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Lunch - On Your Own
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm III. Treatment/Interventions
A. General Treatment Strategies
1. Social Role Modeling
2. Structure/Routine
3. The Correct Use of Reinforcement
4. Accessing the Cognitive
3:00 pm to 3:15 pm Break
3:15 pm to 5:00 pm III. Treatment/Interventions - continued
B. Food Jags
IV. Assessment of Feeding Problems
A. Assessment Process
B. Referral Candidates
C. Reasons Children Won’t Eat
D. Child Factors
E. Environmental Factors
F. Parent Factors
G. Practice Video 1
DAY 3:
8:00 am to 10:00 am IV. Assessment of Feeding Problems - continued
H. Practice Videos
I. Parents’ Experience
10:00 am to 10:15 am Break
10:15 am to 12:00 pm V. The SOS Approach to Feeding – Theoretical Requirements
A. Systematic Desensitization
B. Cues to Eating
C. Language Use
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Lunch - On Your Own
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm VI. The SOS Approach to Feeding - Therapy Sessions
D. Therapy Format - Child
1. Room Set-Up + Modifications
2. Session Structure & Routine
3:00 pm to 3:15 pm Break
3:15 pm to 5:00 pm VI. The SOS Approach to Feeding - Therapy Sessions - continued
E. Therapy Format - Parent
F. Modifications Across Settings
G. Sensory Based Problem Solving
H. Progression Across Sessions
I. Graduation Criteria & SOS Data
DAY 4:
8:00 am to 10:00 am VI. The SOS Approach to Feeding - Therapy Sessions - continued
J. Building a Food Hierarchy
1. Requirements
2. Practice
10:00 am to 10:15 am Break
10:15 am to 12:00 pm VI. The SOS Approach to Feeding - Therapy Sessions - continued
K. Hierarchy Strategies - Moving Children Up the Steps
1. Play techniques per Step
2. Practicing hierarchy strategies
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Lunch - On Your Own
1:00 pm to 3:15 pm** VI. The SOS Approach to Feeding - Therapy Sessions - continued
L. Hierarchy Strategies - Oral Motor Steps to Eating
M. Video: Progression Within Session
N. SOS Data
VII. Managing Other Maladaptive Behaviors
A. Intervention strategies - Perseveration & Vomiting
B. Emotion Based Discipline
** Participants are expected to attend the course for the entire length of each day (8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Days 1-3), and 8:00 am to 3:15 pm on the last day in order to receive their Certificate of Attendance 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. Please make all travel arrangements to ensure you do not arrive late or need to leave early on any day.
7:30 am to 8:00 am Registration
8:00 am to 10:00 am 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
10:00 am to 10:15 am Break
10:15 am to 12:00 pm 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
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Lunch - On Your Own
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm B. Myth 1 = Breathing
C. Motor Skill Acquisition
D. Oral-Motor Skill Acquisition & Developmental Food Continuum
3:00 pm to 3:15 pm Break
3:15 pm to 5:00 pm D. Oral-Motor Skills & Developmental Food Continuum - continued
DAY 2:
8:00 am to 10:00 am II. Feeding Theory - continued
E. Sensory Skill Acquisition
F. Understanding the Role of Sensory Processing in Feeding
G. Steps to Eating - Overview
10:00 am to 10:15 am Break
10:15 am to 12:00 pm II. Feeding Theory & Milestones – continued
H. Cognitive Development
I. Psychological Developmental Stages
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Lunch - On Your Own
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm III. Treatment/Interventions
A. General Treatment Strategies
1. Social Role Modeling
2. Structure/Routine
3. The Correct Use of Reinforcement
4. Accessing the Cognitive
3:00 pm to 3:15 pm Break
3:15 pm to 5:00 pm III. Treatment/Interventions - continued
B. Food Jags
IV. Assessment of Feeding Problems
A. Assessment Process
B. Referral Candidates
C. Reasons Children Won’t Eat
D. Child Factors
E. Environmental Factors
F. Parent Factors
G. Practice Video 1
DAY 3:
8:00 am to 10:00 am IV. Assessment of Feeding Problems - continued
H. Practice Videos
I. Parents’ Experience
10:00 am to 10:15 am Break
10:15 am to 12:00 pm V. The SOS Approach to Feeding – Theoretical Requirements
A. Systematic Desensitization
B. Cues to Eating
C. Language Use
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Lunch - On Your Own
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm VI. The SOS Approach to Feeding - Therapy Sessions
D. Therapy Format - Child
1. Room Set-Up + Modifications
2. Session Structure & Routine
3:00 pm to 3:15 pm Break
3:15 pm to 5:00 pm VI. The SOS Approach to Feeding - Therapy Sessions - continued
E. Therapy Format - Parent
F. Modifications Across Settings
G. Sensory Based Problem Solving
H. Progression Across Sessions
I. Graduation Criteria & SOS Data
DAY 4:
8:00 am to 10:00 am VI. The SOS Approach to Feeding - Therapy Sessions - continued
J. Building a Food Hierarchy
1. Requirements
2. Practice
10:00 am to 10:15 am Break
10:15 am to 12:00 pm VI. The SOS Approach to Feeding - Therapy Sessions - continued
K. Hierarchy Strategies - Moving Children Up the Steps
1. Play techniques per Step
2. Practicing hierarchy strategies
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Lunch - On Your Own
1:00 pm to 3:15 pm** VI. The SOS Approach to Feeding - Therapy Sessions - continued
L. Hierarchy Strategies - Oral Motor Steps to Eating
M. Video: Progression Within Session
N. SOS Data
VII. Managing Other Maladaptive Behaviors
A. Intervention strategies - Perseveration & Vomiting
B. Emotion Based Discipline
** Participants are expected to attend the course for the entire length of each day (8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Days 1-3), and 8:00 am to 3:15 pm on the last day in order to receive their Certificate of Attendance 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. Please make all travel arrangements to ensure you do not arrive late or need to leave early on any day.
