Focus on Treatment: Building Integration Through the Developmental Process
Group size for this workshop will be limited to allow for interaction and active participation in live treatment sessions, video case review and labs, so please register early if you are interested in attending! Framed within the perspectives of sensory integration theory, this interactive course will explore in depth the neurodevelopmental processes that integrate sensory, postural, and motor functions and development. The principles of sensory integration theory and the foundations of movement and postural development will be used to guide clinical reasoning in executing effective treatment strategies. We will discuss how unique variations in the progression of early sensory-motor development either promote or detract from sensory integrative function. Participants will learn how to assess blocks that interfere with the fullest expression of the typical developmental progression. Participants will learn an array of treatment activities applicable to children across the age span with diverse disorders such as sensory modulation disorder, autism spectrum disorders, developmental disabilities, and regulatory disorders. This four-day course provides 24 contact hours or 2.4 AOTA CEUs. Faculty: Sheila Frick, OTR, and Julia Wilbarger, Ph.D., OTR.