The Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) Approach to Feeding workshop is a transdisciplinary 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 focus of the conference will be assessing and treating infants and young children with feeding difficulties and feeding disorders. This includes "problem feeders" who may have mild to moderate neurological impairments and/or medical disorders, children with autism spectrum disorder, children with motor, oral-motor and/or sensory dysfunction, as well as the "picky eater."

Instructional personnel disclosures, financial and nonfinancial, can be found here: SOS Disclosure

This presentation will focus on the SOS system and will not include information on other similar or related treatment programs.

REGISTRATION FEE: $800

The registration fee includes registration materials, continental breakfast, lunch, breaks and parking. As part of our green initiative, syllabus material will be available online.

Occupational Therapy Accreditation Statement

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is an approved provider of continuing education by the American Occupational Therapy Association Inc 28.5  Contact hours or 2.85 AOTA CEUs will be awarded to participants at the completion of the program. Assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products or clinical procedures by AOTA. Approved Provider Number: 4878. Appropriate for Intermediate-level Occupational Therapists.

Course falls under category of Occupational Therapy Process

Speech-Language Pathology

This program is offered for 2.85 ASHA CEUs, Intermediate level, Professional area. 

Instructional personnel disclosures, financial and nonfinancial, can be found here: SOS Disclosure

GENERAL INFORMATION

The conference will be held at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in the Ruth and Tristram Colket, Jr. Translational Research Building on the Raymond G. Perelman Campus, Tuesday, May 14 through Friday, May 17, 2019.

Please note: Participants are expected to attend the course for the entire length of each day (8 a.m. to 5 p.m., days 1 through 3 and 8 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. 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.

A block of rooms with reduced rates has been reserved at the Sheraton University City Hotel, 36th and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104. The group rate is $239 single and double occupancy, plus a 16.37 percent room tax. Participants are required to make their own reservations by calling the hotel directly at 888-627-7071 or 215-387-8000. Please mention the name of the conference when making your call. The special room rates will be available until Saturday, April 13. After that date, reservations will be accepted on a space and rate availability basis.

No faculty are available for this activity at this time.