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Memberships and their associated downloadable resources were updated as of September 1, 2023.
Information is key when conducting a feeding assessment. This is a comprehensive fillable questionnaire for gathering information. There are questions about birth and pregnancy, medical history, and feeding history. The form includes questions to gather parental thoughts and current information related to feedings. And finally, there is a section to document your observation of the feeding to gather your initial thoughts prior to writing the assessment.
Feeding assessments need to describe the feeding experience. The assessment is of the infant, the environment, and the caregiver supports. Assessments should also describe the effectiveness of any interventions that were tried, and ultimately lead to the recommendations. This download provides a guide for writing up an assessment of an infant’s feeding.
An acronym designed to help the professional think critically about why an infant may be struggling with feeding. In normal development, skills improve. When an infant is not progressing in feeding, there is an underlying reason that is impeding progress. This acronym is a simple way to remember what might be impeding progress. The download provides a fillable form for notes.
A handout describing the nutritive sucking patterns identified using the BROSS: Baby Regulated Organization of Subsystems and Sucking.
Ever need a way to help people think about what they know, what they think, and what they don’t know about feeding? Here is a fun quiz that you can use in your own practice or with your own colleagues. Use it to start conversations with your team members. The answers along with the evidence that supports them are downloadable below.
Have you taken the FUN Feeding Facts and Fictions quiz? Here are the answers to the quiz, with the evidence to support the answers. This handout goes with the FUN Feeding Facts and Fictions quiz located above.
This downloadable handout contains the answers to the breastfeeding quiz, along with the evidence to support each true/false statement.
Resource for identifying behaviors that indicate a readiness to engage, or a need to disengage from a task
Feeding plans improve outcomes. This handout helps communicate the current plan, and to solicit input from colleagues.
A resource for reviewing journal articles
This guide is designed to complement the SOFFI® Training and the SOFFI® Algorithms. And is exclusively accessible to members of the SOFFI® Community.
Updated SOFFI® Algorithms – in English AND in a growing number of languages! This resource is meant to accompany the SOFFI® Training Courses.
Continuing Education
ASHA
ASHA: This course is offered for  1.3 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate Level, Professional content area). This course will focus on the SOFFI® Method and will not discuss other similar or related treatments. This course is not offered for partial credit. Each agenda item must be completed and quiz passed before you may move to the next section of the course.  Completion of all 12 sections and quizzes passed is needed to award ASHA CEU’s. ASHA MEMBERS: You MUST provide your ASHA number at the time you register, and complete all of the quizzes within the stated timeframe to receive your CEUs. Members who do not provide their ASHA number at the time of registration will not be sent to ASHA for CEU credit.
AOTA:Â Feeding Fundamentals, LLC is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. PD activity approval ID# 03389 This Distance Learning – Independent event is offered at 1.3 CEUs, Intermediate, Foundational Knowledge/Occupational Therapy Service Delivery. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA or indicate AOTA approval of a certification or other professional recognition.
ASHA: This course is offered for 1.55 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate Level, Professional content area). This course will focus on the SOFFI® Method and will not discuss other similar or related treatments. This course is not offered for partial credit.  Full attendance and passed grade on quiz is needed to award ASHA CEU’s
AOTA: Feeding Fundamentals, LLC is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. PD activity approval ID# 03389 This Distance Learning – Interactive event is offered at 1.3 CEUs, Intermediate, Foundational Knowledge/Occupational Therapy Service Delivery. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA or indicate AOTA approval of a certification or other professional recognition.
While the content is the same for each of these offerings, the virtual live course offers a chance for interaction and questions/answers. It therefore is scheduled as such.
ASHA: This course is offered for .15 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate Level, Professional content area). This course will focus on the SOFFI® Method and will not discuss other similar or related treatments. This course is not offered for partial credit.  Full attendance and attestation that the entire webinar was viewed is needed to award ASHA CEU’s. ASHA MEMBERS: You MUST provide your ASHA number at the time you register, and complete all of the quizzes within the stated timeframe to receive your CEUs. Members who do not provide their ASHA number at the time of registration will not be sent to ASHA for CEU credit.
AOTA: Feeding Fundamentals, LLC is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. PD activity approval ID# 03913 This Distance Learning – Independent event is offered at 0.2 CEUs, Intermediate, Foundational Knowledge/Occupational Therapy Service Delivery. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
ASHA: Start date April 5, 2022. This course is offered for  0.3 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate Level, Professional content area). This course will focus on RINGGCAST and the SOFFI® Method and will not discuss other similar or related treatments. This course is not offered for partial credit.
AOTA: Feeding Fundamentals, LLC is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. PD activity approval ID# 03409. This Distance Learning – Independent event is offered at 0.3 CEUs, Intermediate, Foundational Knowledge/Occupational Therapy Service Delivery. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
ASHA: Start date April 5, 2022. This course is offered for  0.2 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate Level, Professional content area). This course is not offered for partial credit.
AOTA: Feeding Fundamentals, LLC is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. PD activity approval ID# 4067. This Distance Learning – Independent event is offered at 0.2 CEUs, Intermediate, Occupational Therapy Service Delivery. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.