SOS Workshop: When Children Won’t Eat: Picky Eaters versus Problem Feeders, Hybrid, Singapore, 2026

DATE : 5-Day Hybrid training conference
Part 1: Pre-recorded On-line segment (8 to 9 hours)
Part 2: In-person segment (4 days), 4th to 7th March 2026

TIME : Singapore Time 8:00am – 5:30pm

VENUE : Singapore (Exact Location TBC)

 

FEES:

Early Bird – Group of 3 or more (before 1 May 2025) – SGD 1980

Early Bird – Individual (before 1 May 2025) – SGD 2080

Regular – Group of 3 or more (from 1 May 2025 onwards) – SGD 2280

Regular – Individual (from 1 May 2025 onwards) – SGD 2380

PCG Funding – PCG funding application is in progress and will be confirmed once we have received a reply. For those who require PCG funding, do register and make full payment to reserve your place and to be informed about funding results.

*Additional charges may apply for certain modes of payment.

For full fees and payment details, please refer to this page: Click here

 

PRESENTERS 

Dr. Kay Toomey, developer of the SOS Approach to Feeding program and her colleague.

 

About the training conference: 

Scheduled for 4th to 7th March 2026, the Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) Approach to Feeding program is a trans-disciplinary program for assessing and treating children with feeding difficulties and weight/growth problems from birth to 18 years. The program integrates posture, sensory, oral motor, developmental, behavioral/learning, psychosocial, medical, and nutritional factors to comprehensively evaluate and manage children with feeding/growth problems.

 

COURSE 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.

 

Participants of the training conference receive:

    • A comprehensive understanding in the theory of the SOS Approach
    • An in-depth understanding of how children learn to eat and to not eat
    • Details about how to accurately and thoroughly assess feeding disorders
    • Effective interventions to help families change how they feed their children
    • Direct attendee participation in eating, breathing and posture exercises
    • Instruction about how to conduct an SOS Approach to Feeding therapy session

     

    Workshop suitable for:

    Speech Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Special Educators, Early Intervention Specialists, Nurses, Psychologists, Physicians, Dietitians, Mental Health Workers, other Child Care Providers and Educators. Anyone who works in paediatric feeding is welcome.

     

    REGISTRATION

    Please register here: https://tinyurl.com/sos2026

    For queries, email us at info@magicbeans.sg or contact us via WhatsApp at +65 8777 3171.

     

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