Integrative Occupational Therapy
Support and resources for sensory-based OTs
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Integrative Occupational Therapy
Support and resources for sensory-based OTs
Let’s Make Life Easier!
I specialize in working with Sensory OTs and Sensory Parents. For OTs , I offer clinical mentorship to sensory therapists in solo-practice. I can help you to be less confused about sensory processing and to become more competent and confident in your sensory practice. Services include 1:1 mentorship, a monthly membership and group coaching program, mentorship for clinics, webinars, and courses.
For sensory parents, I offer 1:1 iLs Home Coaching through integrated listening systems. iLs is a multi-sensory program for improving brain function. The activities are fun and can be customized for all ages and skill levels.
Support for Parents
iLs home coaching for sensory parents
Mentorship for OT Professionals
Coaching, clinics, webinars, & courses
You CAN
“You Can” is a guiding principle in my work. As therapists, we focus on identifying what the client cannot do and why, in order to know what to work on and how. The “You Can” concept takes that negative angle and turns the therapy into being about what a person can do or wants to do rather than about their disability or what they can’t do because of it. It is a strategy and a value… a cheer and a goal… for children and parents.
“She turned her can’ts into cans and her dreams into plans.”
– Kobi Yamada
“You Can” Strategies for Kids
5 Tips for a Successful Sensory Diet
Sensory Diets are a way to support people who struggle with sensory challenges. In my private practice with children and in my parent coaching sessions we develop an individualized set of activities that children with sensory processing disorder, find...
Pass the Peas Not the Screens; 5 Tips for Improving Mealtime
Screens do not belong at the dinner table and we do not belong in front of a screen while we are eating. Here’s why: Eating uses all of our senses but the visual system is typically the strongest sensory system of the body. Using a screen means the visual...
You CAN
“You Can” is a guiding principle in my work. As therapists, we focus on identifying what the client cannot do and why, in order to know what to work on and how. The “You Can” concept takes that negative angle and turns the therapy into being about what a person can do or wants to do rather than about their disability or what they can’t do because of it. It is a strategy and a value… a cheer and a goal… for children and parents.
“She turned her can’ts into cans and her dreams into plans.”
– Kobi Yamada
“You Can” Strategies for Kids
5 Tips for a Successful Sensory Diet
Sensory Diets are a way to support people who struggle with sensory challenges. In my private practice with children and in my parent coaching sessions we develop an individualized set of activities that children with sensory processing disorder, find...
Pass the Peas Not the Screens; 5 Tips for Improving Mealtime
Screens do not belong at the dinner table and we do not belong in front of a screen while we are eating. Here’s why: Eating uses all of our senses but the visual system is typically the strongest sensory system of the body. Using a screen means the visual...
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