This two-day interactive workshop explores the presenter’s BEST (Body, Emotional, Sensory and Thinking) evidence-based approach to co-create therapy plans with autistic and other neurodivergent individuals that promote occupational participation.

This online workshop will provide an overview of key considerations of assessing and understanding the impact of postural asymmetries to prepare an equipment prescription for clients of any age. Live session dates: May 29 and 30, 2025 from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (ET)

This experiential and interactive workshop will explore interoception as the sixth sense and its relevance to self-regulation and daily life participation. A variety of evidence-based tools and interventions relevant to the pediatric population will be discussed and experienced. Adults will have the opportunity to participate in the interventions first, and these learning experiences will influence how they apply them to their OT practice.

This online course aims help Canadian occupational therapy clinicians enhance their leadership skills and apply coaching principles to their practice.

This webinar will present evidence that informs the development of a relationship-based feeding intervention guideline for working with young children and their caregivers. Occupational therapy professionals will learn how to implement the relationship-based feeding intervention via parent coaching through video recordings and a case example.

This webinar will provide research-informed alternatives to ableism in pediatric occupational therapy practice with autistic children. Five examples will be provided of unique autistic neurobiology that occupational therapists should honour and apply to assessment and intervention when working with an autistic population. The definition and application of neurodiversity-affirming and strengths-based practice as well as a roadmap to embrace this paradigm will be provided. Furthermore, practical approaches will be taught for evaluating autistic strengths and challenges, developing neurodiversity-affirming goals and accommodations, and creating strengths-based goals.

This webinar will provide an overview of the Ready to Learn and Play (RtLP) framework to support neurodiverse students and the associated research. The impact of sensory regulation differences on occupational performance and participation will be explored. Practical strategies and examples will be shared will participants to facilitate the implementation of RtLP in their practice.

This two-part webinar series explores the intersection of sensory processing and executive function (EF) in children with regulatory challenges from a neurological and functional perspective. Part 2 overviews the QUEST Program (Joffe, 2022), an evidence-based intervention, building off the theoretical and neurological foundation provided in Part 1. Participants will be introduced to methods of assessment, a framework for therapy, and specific therapeutic activities that fit within this framework. Therapeutic use of self will be discussed within the context of a non-didactic, mentorship, attachment-based model. Participants will leave the webinar with practical ideas that they can take back to the clinic and incorporate for immediate use.

This two-part webinar series explores the intersection of sensory processing and executive function (EF) in children with regulatory challenges and overviews a novel therapy approach. Part 1 focuses on the underlying theoretical and neurological foundations that underlie this evidence-based approach. During this hour, participants will develop a working definition of EF along with its relationship to the key occupational performance areas addressed in pediatric practice. Multiple examples of the neurological relationship between the EF and sensory processing systems will be described to help elucidate the many ways in which these systems are intrinsically interconnected. The theoretical foundation of the QUEST Program (Joffe, 2022) will also be described.

This webinar will provide an overview of the presenter's recent research into occupational therapists' use of mindfulness in clinical practice with children and youth. The webinar will open with an overview of the theoretical links between mindfulness and human occupation, then will provide concrete examples from the presenter's research to highlight these links. While this webinar will focus on the findings of the presenter's research, it will provide takeaway messages on application in practice and will close with an opportunity to try some brief mindfulness practices that participants can take into their clinical practices.