Date

January 27, 2022 - January 30, 2022

Description

Description The Sequential Oral Sensory (S.O.S) Approach to Feeding workshop is a trans-disciplinary 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. Download a copy of the full course agenda here Attendance Policy Participants are expected to attend the Conference for the entire length of each day (8:00 am to 5:00 pm on Days 1-3; 8:00 am to 3:15 pm on Day 4) 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 conference early. Please make all travel arrangements to ensure you do not arrive late or need to leave early on any day. COVID-19 Policy Participants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (out of the post-shot 2-week window) and provide proof of vaccination upon arrival on the first day of the Training OR be tested for COVID-19 1-2 days prior to your arrival at the Training and provide negative test results upon arrival on the first day of the training. Testing will also be required 5 days after arrival in Colorado for any out-of-state visitors. Participants must also download, complete and sign the COVID-19 Policy for the SOS Approach to Feeding Main 4-Day Training and upload this during registration or email info@centrotois.es

Location: Spain

This event is a: Conference

Contact Name: Berta Gandara Gafo

Presenters: Kay A. Toomey, PhD Erin Ross, PhD

# of CEU Credits: 2.85

Date

February 10, 2022 - March 3, 2022

Description

Open to All Time Zones; February Course is Australia Region Time-Zone Friendly with Live sessions on February 10th, 17th, and 24th at 7pm US Eastern (which are Fridays at 11am AEDT) 20-Hour Course (ASHA and AOTA CEUs) Hybrid/Online: 3 Live Weekly Online Sessions with Self-Paced Video Modules during each week Private Online Community, Bonus Materials, Comprehensive Resources and References with Manual Learn a step-by-step approach for helping children explore food, enjoy eating, and participate joyfully and independently in social mealtimes. The AEIOU approach- acceptance, exposure, independence, observation and understanding is a responsive feeding approach that offers a highly successful method for integrated treatment of infants and young children with mild to complex etiologies. Learn to meet families where they are, provide effective family coaching and parent training, and make progress! Participants will leave with extensive knowledge, resources, and practical information: improve quality of mealtime, manage tube dependency and transition to eating solid foods, treat sensory food aversions, improve oral-motor skills, and more. Participants will be well equipped to help families achieve home carryover. Many special populations are discussed including: prematurity, GERD, allergies, autism, failure to thrive, tracheostomy, picky eaters, tongue and lip ties, and children with various syndromes. This course is presented in a hybrid online format with live sessions with the instructor and self-paced video learning modules, in an interactive learning environment, using case studies and videos to engage and instruct participants. Bonus learning modules and downloads are included along with the comprehensive course manual, as well a private online course community during the course. Full Course Information:  https://www.foodsmartkids.com/aeiou-course  

Location: Online

This event is a: Conference

Contact Name: Nina Ayd Johanson

Presenters: Nina Ayd Johanson, MA, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC

# of CEU Credits: 20 Hours (ASHA and AOTA CEUs in cooperatiion with CEU Espresso)

Date

February 21, 2022 - February 24, 2022

Description

The Sequential Oral Sensory (S.O.S) Approach to Feeding workshop is a trans-disciplinary 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. Download a copy of the full course agenda here Attendance Policy Participants are expected to attend the Conference for the entire length of each day (8:00 am to 5:00 pm on Days 1-3; 8:00 am to 3:15 pm on Day 4) 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 conference early. Please make all travel arrangements to ensure you do not arrive late or need to leave early on any day. COVID-19 Policy Participants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (out of the post-shot 2-week window) and provide proof of vaccination upon arrival on the first day of the Training OR be tested for COVID-19 1-2 days prior to your arrival at the Training and provide negative test results upon arrival on the first day of the training. Testing will also be required 5 days after arrival in Colorado for any out-of-state visitors. Participants must also download, complete and sign the COVID-19 Policy for the SOS Approach to Feeding Main 4-Day Training and upload this during registration or email sunnilisco@sosapproach.com

Location: US Eastern Time Zone

This event is a: Conference

Contact Name: Sunni Lisco

Presenters: Kay A. Toomey, PhD Lindsay Beckerman, CCC-SLP Susan Kniffen, MS, OTR/L

# of CEU Credits: 2.85

Date

February 26, 2022 - February 27, 2022

Description

Challenges with infants and children demonstrating complex swallowing and feeding disorders are addressed in a holistic evidence-based framework that considers interrelating systems. Populations range from newborn infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) through children in school based & rehabilitation settings. Problem solving/intervention will be addressed through lecture, videos, and case analyses. Functional outcomes are emphasized through targeted intervention strategies based on sensorimotor learning principles and consideration of neural plasticity. Problem areas include: airway (e.g., laryngomalacia, laryngeal cleft, vocal fold paralysis, tracheostomy/ventilator); GI tract (e.g., gastroesophageal reflux, eosinophilic esophagitis); nutrition/hydration; advancing feeding in NICU and beyond to include tongue & lip tie; tube feeding & weaning; barriers to oral feeding & intervention strategies with; picky/finicky eaters. Discussions will include the urgent need for specific measurable outcomes and pros/cons for varied frequency and intensity of direct and indirect interventions/therapies. Participants will be able to apply course learning immediately to:

• Apply knowledge of airway deficits for management decisions with infants and children who demonstrate oropharyngeal dysphagia
• Identify barriers to successful oral feeding (e.g., nutrition, GI tract, and neurologic conditions)
• Describe primary factors necessary as a foundation to advance oral feeding with infants in NICU and parents actively involved
• Demonstrate strategies for advancing oral feeding in tube feeders
• Implement intervention for picky eaters with a range of sensory and behavior-based principles
• Determine strategies to measure intervention/ treatment outcomes by time, frequency, and intensity.

Location: Live Webinar

This event is a: Workshop, Conference, Webinar

Contact Name: Education Resources, Inc.

Contact Phone: 800-487-6530

Presenters: Joan Arvedson, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, ASHA Honors & Fellow, is internationally renowned for her pioneering research, instruction, and clinical work with infants and children who have feeding/swallowing disorders. She has been Program Coordinator of Feeding and Swallowing Services at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. She is Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. She received her BS, MS, and PhD from University of Wisconsin-Madison. She was awarded Honors of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association in 2016, ASHA's highest distinction. Her leadership, clinical acumen, and research united therapeutic and medical/surgical disciplines. She is lead author for three reference books, three self-study publications for continuing education through ASHA Professional Development, and has more than 40 peer-reviewed articles and 12 book chapters. She has given more than 100 presentations at ASHA conventions, state conventions and national conferences, as well as international lectures/seminars in 64 countries. While director of speech-language pathology and audiology at Children's Hospital of Buffalo and as coordinator of feeding and swallowing services at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Dr. Arvedson takes a holistic, comprehensive approach to clinical and instrumental assessment and management/intervention with infants and children

# of CEU Credits: This course meets the criteria for 14 contact hours (1.4) CEUs, Intermediate Level.

Date

March 11, 2022 - March 12, 2022

Description

The goal of this conference is to provide a framework from which to view the continuum of infant feeding options, including breast and bottle feeding. Focus will be on comprehensive assessment and management strategies. Participants will have the opportunity to expand their repertoire of evaluation techniques and intervention strategies when working with infants who demonstrate feeding or swallowing dysfunction. It will span from the hospital/NICU environment through homecare, EI, and outpatients within the first two years of life. This course will be relevant to physical and occupational therapists, speech and language pathologists, lactation consultants, nurses and other health professionals who specialize in or who have an interest in infant feeding disorders.

• Evaluate specific infant feeding disorders and generate appropriate treatment strategies for their management.
• Summarize the pathophysiologic principles underlying the suck, swallow, breathe triad and how they apply to breast and bottle feeding.
• Describe increased awareness of diagnostic procedures such as videofluoroscopic swallowing study, infant-focused feeding assessment, evaluation of gastroesophageal reflux.
• Discuss the interplay between specific diagnoses (such as prematurity, gastroesophageal reflux, cleft lip, and palate) and infant feeding dysfunction.
• Select and use treatment strategies to address swallowing dysfunction, aspiration and oral motor dysfunction.
• Synthesize knowledge and utilize best practices in assessment and management of feeding problems in infants.

Location: Live Webinar

This event is a: Workshop, Conference, Webinar

Contact Name: Education Resources, Inc.

Contact Phone: 800-487-6530

Presenters: Lynn Wolf, MOT, OTR, IBCLC Robin Glass, MS, OTR, IBCLC

# of CEU Credits: This course meets the criteria for 14 contact hours (1.4 CEUs), Intermediate Level.

Date

March 17, 2022 - March 20, 2022

Description

The Sequential Oral Sensory (S.O.S) Approach to Feeding workshop is a trans-disciplinary 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.

Conference Learning Objectives

1. List the seven areas of human function that need to be examined to provide a comprehensive Feeding Assessment.
2. Identify at least five of the oral, sensory, motor, cognitive or emotional developmental milestones key to being able to eat well.
3. List three reasons why children won’t eat, as based on learning theory principles.
4. Differentiate classical and operant conditioning principles as applied to resolving feeding problems.
5. Identify at least four of the necessary components of an SOS Approach to Feeding program for babies, toddlers and young children in either an individual or group therapy session.
6. List all three requirements for building a Food Hierarchy.
7. Identify at least one play based strategy for progressing a child up each of the 6 major Steps on the Steps to Eating Hierarchy.

Course Level

Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia

This event is a: Conference

Contact Name: Sunni Lisco

Contact Phone: 720-672-1143

Presenters: Dr. Kay Toomey, PhD, Lindsay Beckerman, MOT, OTR/L, Kelly Fitzpatrick, CCC-SLP

# of CEU Credits: 3.0

Date

March 17, 2022 - March 20, 2022

Description

The Sequential Oral Sensory (S.O.S) Approach to Feeding workshop is a trans-disciplinary 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.  Download a copy of the full course agenda here Attendance Policy Participants are expected to attend the Conference for the entire length of each day (8:00 am to 5:00 pm on Days 1-3; 8:00 am to 3:15 pm on Day 4) 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 conference early. Please make all travel arrangements to ensure you do not arrive late or need to leave early on any day. COVID-19 Policy Participants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (out of the post-shot 2-week window) and provide proof of vaccination upon arrival on the first day of the Training OR be tested for COVID-19 1-2 days prior to your arrival at the Training and provide negative test results upon arrival on the first day of the training. Testing will also be required 5 days after arrival in Colorado for any out-of-state visitors. Participants must also download, complete and sign the COVID-19 Policy for the SOS Approach to Feeding Main 4-Day Training and upload this during registration or email sunnilisco@sosapproach.com 

Location: Virginia Beach, VA

This event is a: Conference

Contact Name: Sunni Lisco

Presenters: Kay A. Toomey, PhD Lindsay Beckerman, CCC-SLP Kelly Fitzpatrick , MS, OTR/L

# of CEU Credits: 2.85

Date

March 18, 2022 - March 19, 2022

Description

In this cutting edge continuing education course, participants will learn the E3 model of care for tethered oral tissues.  This includes relevant background information on how tethered oral tissues affect oral function from birth to maturity.  The course format includes lecture, video/photograph examples, case studies, pre and post assessment activities, demonstrations, and hands-on application of techniques in an interactive atmosphere where questions and discussion are welcomed.  This course is a specialty training that is targeted for the oral function professional including  Speech-Language Pathologists and Assistants, Occupational Therapists and Assistants, Orofacial Myofunctional Therapists, and Lactation Consultants and Counselors.  However, this training is appropriate for other professionals including Pediatricians, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Dental Hygienists, Dentists and Assistants, Dietitians, Early Intervention Specialists, Osteopaths, Otolaryngologists, Chiropractors, Applied Behavior Analysts, and Psychologists to learn about tethered oral tissues and make appropriate referrals.  Participants who complete the training in its entirety with optional listing on the Chrysalis Orofacial website as a “TOTS: Tethered Oral Tissues Specialty Trained” professional.  Participants who complete the training in its entirety will be granted permission to use and display “TOTS: Tethered Oral Tissues Specialty Training” logo, as a designation to the public of their completion of the training.

Location: Denver, Colorado

This event is a: Workshop

Contact Name: Zach Henning

Contact Phone: 8643838634

Presenters: Autumn Henning, MS, CCC-SLP, IBCLC, COM

# of CEU Credits: 1.4

Date

April 7, 2022 - April 10, 2022

Description

The Sequential Oral Sensory (S.O.S) Approach to Feeding workshop is a trans-disciplinary 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.  Download a copy of the full course agenda here Attendance Policy Participants are expected to attend the Conference for the entire length of each day (8:00 am to 5:00 pm on Days 1-3; 8:00 am to 3:15 pm on Day 4) 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 conference early. Please make all travel arrangements to ensure you do not arrive late or need to leave early on any day. COVID-19 Policy Participants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (out of the post-shot 2-week window) and provide proof of vaccination upon arrival on the first day of the Training OR be tested for COVID-19 1-2 days prior to your arrival at the Training and provide negative test results upon arrival on the first day of the training. Testing will also be required 5 days after arrival in Colorado for any out-of-state visitors. Participants must also download, complete and sign the COVID-19 Policy for the SOS Approach to Feeding Main 4-Day Training and upload this during registration or email kelly@playabilities.com 

Location: Kansas City, KS

This event is a: Conference

Contact Name: Kelly Reardon

Presenters: Kay A. Toomey, PhD Susan Kniffen, MS, OTR/L Amanda Foster, CCC-SLP

# of CEU Credits: 2.85

Date

April 22, 2022 - April 23, 2022

Description

In this cutting edge continuing education course, participants will learn the E3 model of care for tethered oral tissues.  This includes relevant background information on how tethered oral tissues affect oral function from birth to maturity.  The course format includes lecture, video/photograph examples, case studies, pre and post assessment activities, demonstrations, and hands-on application of techniques in an interactive atmosphere where questions and discussion are welcomed.  This course is a specialty training that is targeted for the oral function professional including  Speech-Language Pathologists and Assistants, Occupational Therapists and Assistants, Orofacial Myofunctional Therapists, and Lactation Consultants and Counselors.  However, this training is appropriate for other professionals including Pediatricians, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Dental Hygienists, Dentists and Assistants, Dietitians, Early Intervention Specialists, Osteopaths, Otolaryngologists, Chiropractors, Applied Behavior Analysts, and Psychologists to learn about tethered oral tissues and make appropriate referrals.  Participants who complete the training in its entirety with optional listing on the Chrysalis Orofacial website as a “TOTS: Tethered Oral Tissues Specialty Trained” professional.  Participants who complete the training in its entirety will be granted permission to use and display “TOTS: Tethered Oral Tissues Specialty Training” logo, as a designation to the public of their completion of the training.

Location: Jacksonville, Florida

Contact Name: Zach Henning

Contact Phone: 8643838634

Presenters: Autumn Henning, MS, CCC-SLP, IBCLC, COM

# of CEU Credits: 1.4