SOS Virtual Workshop 2021 (Singapore) (COMPLETED, REGISTRATION CLOSED)
SOS VIRTUAL WORKSHOP 2021 in Singapore:
When Children Won’t Eat: Picky Eaters vs Problem Feeders
Assessment and Treatment using the SOS Approach to Feeding
PRESENTERS :
Kay A. Toomey, PhD
Erin S. Ross, PhD, CCC-SLP
Lindsay Beckerman, MOT, OTR/L
REGISTRATION :
For queries, email us at info@magicbeans.sg or contact us via WhatsApp at +65 87773171.
DATE : 25th-29th October 2021
TIME : Singapore Time 7am – 2pm
VENUE : Virtual/Online via Zoom Video Conferencing (LAN connection mandatory)
FEES:
SGD 1200 (Early bird fee, by 30th June 2021, date inclusive )
SGD 1255 (Early bird fee by Credit card, by 30th June 2021, date inclusive)
SGD 1300 (Regular Fee, from 1st July 2021 onwards, date inclusive )
SGD 1360 (Regular Fee by Credit card, from 1st July 2021 onwards, date inclusive)
Please register to view the cancellation policy and the modes of payment available. Closing date for payment: 01/09/2021. EXTENDED to 17th September 2021. Your place will only be secured upon receipt of full payment. Places are given on a first-come, first-served basis. Do note that additional fees may apply depending on the mode of payment and will be solely borne by the applicant.
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COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) 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.
The 5-day Main Conference is designed for babies, toddlers and small children. Other ages and special populations are covered in the Advanced Workshops.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Participants attending will be able to:
- 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.
SUITABLE FOR:
Speech Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, Special Educators, Early Intervention Specialists, Nurses, Psychologists, Physicians, Dietitians, Mental Health Workers, other Child Care Providers and Educators.
Training conferences are created for professionals. If parents wish to attend the training workshop, they must be accompanied by the child’s therapist.
SPEAKERS’ PROFILE:
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.
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.
Lindsay Beckerman received her Master of Occupational Therapy degree from Ohio State University. She currently works in a private practice with children, teens, and adults with feeding challenges in their home and community as well as Developmental FX, a non-profit clinic supporting children with a wide variety of developmental needs. Prior to this, she worked as a Pediatric Feeding Specialist at SOS Feeding Solutions @ STAR with Dr. Kay Toomey and Dr. Lucy Jane Miller. Lindsay has also worked as a member of a multidisciplinary team with Autism Spectrum Disorders, SPD, emotional/behavioral disorders and feeding problems at a residential facility. Lindsay has completed the STAR Institute’s Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 Intensive Mentorship Programs and is a certified DIR Floortime Provider. She specializes in feeding difficulties in atypical learners, including children and teens with Autism Spectrum Disorders, ADHD, and multisensory processing difficulties. Lindsay also serves as a board member for Charlotte’s Day, a non-profit group that helps to provide posturally supportive chairs to children in feeding therapy.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
FURTHER QUERIES:
Email us at info@magicbeans.sg or contact us via WhatsApp at +65 87773171.