Summary: This advanced workshop helps attendees continue to refine their abilities with regard to creating Food Hierarchies which improve children’s skills with eating “real meals” that include mixed textures, ethnic foods and other types of more adult versus kid foods. This workshop will also focus on SOS Approach to Feeding strategies for helping children who have developed good eating skills, but still continue to struggle with taking in adequate volumes to meet their daily calorie goals.
Level: Advanced
Intended Audience: Those who have attended the three-day basic workshop, which includes speech language pathologists, occupational therapists, special education teachers, psychologists, physical therapists, early intervention specialists, nurses, physicians, dietitians and mental health professionals.
Prerequisite: Completion of the Basic 3 or 4-day SOS Workshop. Due to the advanced nature of this course, proof of eligibility of the basic workshop is needed.
Directions to meet eligibility requirements:
- Sign up for a free account or become a member, selecting either Professional Free Account – SOS Certified or Professional Paid Member 6.0 – SOS Certified.
- Once you complete the form, you will receive a confirmation email requesting completion of the SOS Advanced Course Eligibility form, including uploading a copy of your Basic SOS Certificate.
- Once your account is created and approved, return to the SPD University and click on the SOS Catalog tab along the top, then find Feeding – Advanced topics.
Presenter: Erin Ross, PhD, CCC-SLP, has a Master’s Degree in Speech and Language Pathology and a PhD in Clinical Science – Health Services Research. She completed her Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the Section of Nutrition, in the Department of Pediatrics, at the University of Colorado. Dr. Ross consults in several NICU settings in the Denver metropolitan area in addition to her work with SOS Feeding Solutions. She has a specialized interest and expertise in evaluating and treating feeding and growth problems in the medically fragile infant and young child. Dr. Ross also speaks internationally on the subject of feeding and growth in the medically fragile infant.
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss progression from variety to “meals”
- Describe how to combine foods from a hierarchy to create “mealtime foods”
- Describe strategies to increase volume/calories of foods ingested
Continuing Education: This course is offered for .1 ASHA CEUs (Advanced Level, Professional content area). This course will delineate special concepts and treatment variations for specific feeding problems.
STAR Institute for SPD is an AOTA Approved Provider of Continuing Education. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
Upon full completion of the course video, participants must complete and pass a quiz with at least 80% accuracy to receive a certificate of completion. For participants who opt to receive ASHA CEUs, an ASHA CEU Participant Form will be provided for download and must be completed and returned to STAR Institute at education@spdstar.org within 30 days. STAR Institute submits ASHA CEU Participant Forms to ASHA on a quarterly basis.
Disclosures: S.O.S. Approach to Feeding Faculty Disclosures
This workshop provides training on the SOS Approach to Feeding and will not include information or training on other approaches.