Sos feeding therapy activities

This SOS Approach to Feeding printable is a great resource for speech therapists, occupational therapists, and/or parents. It shows the hierarchy of introducing new foods to picky eaters! The hierarchy is as follows: Tolerate, Interact With, Smell, Touch, Taste, and Eat. I would love to resize any print for you to meet your needs. Once you purchase the print, send me a message with whatever size you need, and I’ll be more than happy to email that to you as soon as possible!

Chatterboxes' Speech Language Pathologists are trained to utilize the SOS (Sequential Oral Sensory) Approach to Feeding, a family-centered treatment method to address pediatric feeding difficulties. Feeding is one of the most complicated tasks your child will ever complete and a skill that takes most children at least two years to learn. To eat an age appropriate diet that meets his or her nutritional needs, your child’s internal organs, sensory system, and oral-motor muscles must all be…

Below, you will find a blog post on pediatric feeding therapy and answers to initial questions about feeding therapy such as “Are pediatric feeding issues related to sensory needs, oral motor problems or both?” and thoughts about where to begin with pediatric feeding therapy techniques. A question of sensory or oral motor concerns should be ... Read more

Nicola Pratt, SLP and Feeding Therapist provides Sensory Food Play ideas to help kids with picky eating. This completes a 3-part blog on sensory issues and feeding.

Snag this free printable picky eater food worksheet! It's one of our favorite feeding therapy tools because it solves so many problems with one simple chart. It's a great way to identify food aversions, get kids to try new foods, track your child's nutrition, and make meal planning so much easier.

4 tips to make feeding therapy a success — Jenny Friedman Nutrition

Monthly Blog - SOS Approach to Feeding

Contact STAR to schedule a free session with our feeding specialist. Together you can determine if SOS feeding therapy is right for your family.

Several of our therapy team recently attended an important workshop on the SOS approach to assessing and treating children with feeding difficulties and weight/growth problems. This program integrates posture, sensory, motor, behavioral/learning, medical, and nutritional factors to comprehensively evaluate and work with children with feeding/growth problems.. If you have concerns about your child's eating, please give us a call on 1-866-309-4610

HOW TO DO A FEEDING EVALUATION- The first step to a feeding assessment in occupational therapy is often a comprehensive Food Inventory Questionnaire. By understanding what a child is and is not eating helps the therapist to better understand food preferences in the way of textures, flavors, colors, tec. The food inventory is a great tool for consistent data collection.

Check out the eaitng hierachy for feeding therapy!

The Z-Vibe is an excellent oral motor therapy tool for speech therapy exercises and more. Learn more about what the Z-Vibe can do in this brief article!

Bite-Size Chart / Feeding Therapy Handout in color with two pages that include land animals/pets and ocean animals! This chart is a helpful tool to decrease food-related anxiety and allow for a stress-free exploration of foods for your child/client. This handout can be used in feeding therapy or at ...

Infant development and feeding skills.

Crunchy foods as a part of a sensory diet!