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January 10th- 12 noon to 1 pm PST
Special Guest: Susan Orloff, OTR/L
Author of the book, "Learning Re-enabled: a guide for parents, teachers and therapists". (Elsevier/Mosby Books).
Susan is the founder and the Exec. Director, and CEO, of Children's Special Services, LLC. in Atlanta, Ga. serving learning and developmentally disabled children ages toddler through teen. She also recently founded the Modified Developmental Preschool™ for special needs children toddler through 5 years of age.
She is the monthly columnist for Exceptional Parent Magazine, "Ask the Therapist", writes the "Sensory Scene" for Advance for OT, and is a quarterly commentator for AutismOne Radio, has presented on MitoAction Radio (mitochondrial disease) , and was awarded Georgia Outstanding Service Award/Bobbi Grant Award for Contributions to Occupational Therapy 2008, Georgia OT of the Year 2006-2007, the "Outstanding Educator Award" from the South Carolina Occupational Therapy Association in 1981, and "Therapist of the Year" from Advanced Rehabilitation Services, Inc. in 1994.
Susan was one of the first Head Start teachers in America, and was one of the original M.I.N.D. (Meeting Individual Needs Daily) teachers, a forerunner of the resource teachers we have today.
She was invited to present to the American Academy Pediatrics/AMA conference "Opening Doors" to be held in November 10-11, 2008 Bethesda, MD.
Her paper was "Out of the box-out of the Clinic-what occupational therapy can contribute to a differential diagnosis".
In 2009 Susan traveled to Moldova to help establish the first occupational therapy centers in that country for handicapped children. For the past 7 years, she has been a pediatric item writer for the national certification examination for occupational therapy licensure and registration.
Having served for the past 5 years on the GA Governor's council for Developmental Disabilities, she has advocated for families to get public services, and evaluated children for educational needs. Additionally, she participated in the early standardization of Ayres Southern California Sensory Integration Tests, and has studied with A. Jean Ayres, Ph.D., Yvonne Norton, OTR and Ginny Scardina OTR, in the area of sensory integration OT treatment with children.
Susan was one of the initial TOTEMS, (Training Occupational Therapists for Educational Management Systems-which initially placed OT's into the schools following PL 94-142) ), instructors for AOTA, (American Occupational Therapy Association), and has been involved in the development of many OT-school based programs.
She is the founder and CEO/Executive Director of Children's Special Services, LLC an occupational therapy service for children infant through teen and The Modified Developmental Preschool™. In this capacity, she collaborates with many physicians and psychologists throughout GA for the treatment of children with Autism and related developmental issues.
For more information:
Children's Special Services, LLC
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