The Sequential Oral Sensory Approach to Feeding (The SOS Approach) is designed to assess and address the reasons why a child is struggling to eat. The SOS Approach uses a whole child perspective, integrating sensory, motor, oral-motor, behavioral/learning, medical, and nutritional factors for both assessment and intervention to evaluate and manage children with feeding/growth problems.

Success is determined by:
(a) intrinsically motivated and sustained interest in trying new foods
(b) enjoyment in and appropriate skills for eating and drinking a wide range of age-appropriate foods and fluids
(c) consumption of sufficient calories for optimal growth along a child's own percentile line on a growth curve
(d) improved family understanding and functioning during mealtimes for the development of healthy relationships with food and each other.