*Eating Issues

Picky Eaters, Sensitive Eaters, History of Poor Oral Motor Skills?

The Center of Development is proud to offer Feeding Therapy!

SOS Approach to Feeding Groups
The SOS (Sequential Oral Sensory) feeding program is a non-invasive developmental approach to feeding. It focuses on increasing a child's comfort level exploring and learning about the different properties of foods, including texture, smell, taste and consistency. The SOS approach allows a child to interact with food in a playful, non-stressful way.

The SOS approach follows a hierarchy to feeding, beginning with the basic ability to tolerate food in the room, in front of him/her, touching and eventually tasting and eating foods. Did you know that there are over 30 steps to eating? You have to just tolerate being near the food before you can even eat it!

Parent education and involvement is an important part of this feeding approach. A therapist works directly with the parents while they are watching each feeding session to learn this approach to feeding. Parents learn to identify physical signs and "body language" to identify when the child is over stimulated and to assist with setting up the home program.

This approach can be utilized in one to one settings, as well as with small groups of 3-4 children. Contact us for more info!