As part of the SOS Mentorship Course, you will receive direct guidance and feedback in both written and interactive formats through homework you will complete and video case reviews of your therapy. Whether you are a new SOS practitioner or just looking for a little extra support in getting the SOS Approach more fully integrated into your clinical practice, this Mentorship Course can benefit you!
Included in your SOS Mentorship Registration:
- Direct guidance from SOS Professors
- Clinical & Group Discussions
- Convenient online course with a small class size to support discussion and feedback
SOS Mentorship registrants also receive…
- A 30 minute 1-to-1 consultation with an SOS Professor after their Case Study presentation to review the participant’s goals, their areas of strength, and any areas for further development
- FREE SOS Advanced Workshop of their choice
** View Required Prerequisites for SOS Mentorship below
Learning Objectives
- Participant will be able to identify 7 key areas to evaluate during a Feeding assessment using the SOS Approach To Feeding Program
- Participants will list 4 action steps needed to implement the SOS Approach To Feeding program successfully into their workplace setting.
- Participants will list the 8 basic requirements for building a Food Hierarchy
- Participants will recognize common Sensory Communications during mealtimes and identify ways to modify the food in response to these communications to facilitate skill development.
- Participants will be able to describe and identify different oral motor skills with foods and develop a therapeutic activity plan for building oral motor skills with a variety of different food types and textures.
- Participants will be able to describe the role of language, engagement, conditioning cue complexes, and play in building feeding skills through therapeutic activities.
Session Outlines
- Sessions 1-6: Lecture and Video Case Presentations by SOS Professors, along with Group Activities to further facilitate the course participant’s implementation of the SOS Program in their own unique setting:
- Assessing Feeding Skills within Different Types of Clinical Practices
- How to Apply the SOS Program within the Settings I Work In
- Creating Effective Food Hierarchies within Different Types of Clinical Practices
- Building Sensory Skill through Food Hierarchies and Play
- Building Oral Motor Skill through Food Hierarchies and Play
- How to “Play with a Purpose” to Build Better Feeding Skills
- Sessions 7-12: Review of Case Presentations by SOS Professors and course participants and a Clinical Reasoning Discussion with the SOS Professors, providing feedback and strategies to enhance each course participant’s SOS Feeding Therapy skills.
Prerequisite Requirements:
Participant Expectations:
- Actively seeing clients for Feeding Therapy
- Has a client who agrees to serve as a Case Study for the course, including being videotaped for presentation to a small group of professional feeding therapists for training purposes (video-permission-form).
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