What is the SOS approach?

• A holistic approach to feeding that thinks about the child’s whole body and integrates sensory, motor, learning and nutritional factors into feeding

• Focuses on increasing a child’s comfort level by focusing on learning and exploring the different properties of food

• Takes the pressure off feeding

Play-with-a-purpose

• A play based approach to help kids learn to eat by progressing through 32 small steps and 6 main steps

Strengths-Based    |    Family Centered    |    Internally Motivated

Picky Eater

• Generally eats at least 30 different foods

• Generally eat foods after a 2 week break from it

• Able to tolerate new foods on their plate

• Eat at least 1 food from most textures or nutritional groups

• Eat different foods from the rest of the family, but with the family

• Happening for less than 2 years

Problem Feeder

• Eats less than 20 foods

• Will rarely accept a food again after having a food jag

• Often protest, cry, or “fall apart” when presented with new foods

• Refuse entire categories of textures or nutritional groups

• Eat different foods and at a different time or location as the rest of the family

• Happening for over 2 years