SOFFI® Virtual Full Course April 2025

SOFFI® is an integrated approach to supporting oral feeding in preterm and in medically complex infants, both in the NICU and in the Early Intervention setting. The primary approach is now being offered as a virtual “live” event over zoom, offered across three days. This course provides the practitioner with extensive evidence-based information regarding feeding development as well as assessment and intervention strategies. At the end of the course, after passing all of the module quizzes, the participant will be certified as a SOFFI® Professional.

Total Contact Time: 17.5 hours

Objectives for the entire event (note: each day has objectives listed for each module as well):


Identify necessary components of infant development that indicate a readiness to begin and sustain oral feeding
Discuss development of oral-motor skills
Describe the interaction between medical and developmental level as they relate to feeding readiness and progression
Identify infants who are not progressing in feeding skill development
List one way to involve the family in early, pre-feeding activities to support their infant’s later feeding skills
Identify two distinct sucking patterns in infant feeding development using the BROSS approach terminology
Identify the influence of two medical conditions on oral feeding success in infants
Describe why external regulated pacing is the last intervention listed along the SOFFI® Algorithm
List at least 3 things that affect flow rate in bottles