Parent/Caregiver Resources

The SOS Approach to Feeding is a Transdisciplinary Program designed to assess and treat children experiencing difficulties with feeding and/or weight/growth. It was developed across three decades of clinical work by Dr. Kay Toomey, along with colleagues from several disciplines, including Pediatricians, Occupational Therapists, Registered Dietitians, and Speech Pathologists, and is informed by the latest research in the field.

This program adopts a holistic approach, integrating motor, oral-motor, learning, medical, sensory, and nutritional factors, to identify the underlying causes and skill deficits contributing to a child’s feeding and growth challenges. It is based on, and grounded philosophically in, using typical development as our “blueprint and map” to help teach the needed skills for eating, while recognizing that each child’s individual neural capacity, learning abilities, physical needs, and environment may mean that they have a different path. The SOS Approach to Feeding is designed to meet every child at their current level, building upon their strengths to achieve the next skill.