"2008 Sensory Diet Workshops"



Designing Effective Sensory Diets for Home, School and Community

Faculty: Lise Gerard Faulise, MS, OTR/L, BCP
Toronto, Ontario, Canada –September 19 & 20, 2008
Chicago, IL—October 17 & 18, 2008
Atlanta, GA—November 7 & 8, 2008

This two-day, intermediate to advanced level, presentation is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of sensory diet application for individuals with sensory processing disorders. Interventions specific to the use of sensory diets for sensory modulation and discrimination disorders will be discussed. Methods to apply clinical reasoning and effective planning will be presented through case analysis. Application of planning to school, home and community will be reviewed. Case study presentations, lecture and small group discussions will allow participants to apply these concepts to their specific populations. The course is designed to address treatment for all ages and populations.

Lise Gerard Faulise, MS, OTR/L, BCP received her Advanced Masters of Science in Occupational Therapy from Boston University. Currently Ms. Faulise is conducting research at the Wolf School in RI and providing private clinical services in the New England area. She is founder of Rehab New England, a private sensory integration-oriented practice in Rhode Island. Ms. Faulise is also co-founder of the Wolf School, a school designed for children K-8 with learning differences located in East Providence, Rhode Island. She has taught at Worcester State College in administration/management, worked as a clinical instructor at Saint Louis University and was director of the Faculty Practice in the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy. She lectures nationally on sensory processing disorders and the application of sensory integrative techniques in the community and in school-based settings.


LOCATIONS - To Be Announced

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Participants will be able to:

1) Develop understanding of sensory-based intervention in optimizing human performance.

2) Learn to analyze activity for optimizing intervention effectiveness.

3) Recognize the potential and implement sensory diets across the curriculum.

4) Develop sensory diet strategies through home programming and community activities.

5) Understand the joint planning strategies for effective implementation of sensory-based intervention in all settings.



SCHEDULE

Designing Effective Sensory Diets for Home, School and Community
This course meets the requirements for twelve (12) contact hours.


DAY ONE
8:00 - 8:30 Registration/Continental Breakfast

8:30-10:30 Introduction and overview of sensory-based intervention
Sensory diets; rational, creation and planning

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-11:45 Activity Analysis

11:45 - 1:00 Lunch (on your own)

1:00 2:30 Clinical problem solving sensory-based activities for modulation

2:30 - 2:45 Break

2:45 -3:45 Case Presentation

3:45 - 4:15 Documentation of clinical change

DAY TWO
8:00-8:30 Continental Breakfast

8:30-9:30 Joint planning theory and application to sensory integrative treatment

9:30-10:30 Curriculum planning and immersion model benefits

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-11:15 Sensory diet planning with families and in the community

11:15-11:45 Clinical problem solving sensory-based activities for sensory discrimination disorders

11:45-1:00 Lunch (on your own)

1:00-1:30 Clinical problem solving sensory-based activities for sensory discrimination disorders
(continued)
1:30-2:30 Case Presentations

2:30-2:45 Break

2:45-3:45 Breakout groups: sensory diet planning

3:45-4:15 Questions and discussion