COMING SOON!

Sensory regulation is essential for learning and social participation, yet it is often misunderstood and addressed through a deficit-based lens. For children with sensory processing differences, challenges like sensory avoidance, seeking, or overload are not “bad behaviors,” but important clues to what their bodies need. OT practitioners, and their interdisciplinary partners, play a vital role in reframing these actions and supporting children and youth to find regulation strategies that work.

In this webinar, Janis, Amanda, and Erin will introduce you to the Ready to Learn and Play (RtLP) Framework—a neurodiversity-affirming, strengths-based approach to sensory regulation. They will guide you through its four (4) phases: exploring sensory experiences, identifying sensory choices, generalizing strategies across people and settings, and applying them in real-life contexts. Using practical tools such as “ME Stories,” sensory choice cards, and the Functional Learning Assistance Guide (FLAG), you will learn how to empower children to recognize their own sensory clues and expand their own repertoire of regulation strategies.

Through case studies from elementary through young adult transitions, with varying cognitive levels, the presenters will demonstrate how the RtLP Framework can be embedded into therapy sessions, classrooms, and community routines. They will also highlight how OT/As can collaborate with teachers, PT/As, SLP/As, and families to ensure individualized application of varying strategies across settings.

Leave this course with a clear framework, practical tools, and ready-to-use strategies to support your clients’ sensory needs the very next day. Closed Captioned in English.

BONUS: PRACTICAL TOOLKIT – Cheat Sheet: 4 Phases of the RtLP Framework

Dr. Janis Leinfuss, OTD, OTR/L is a specialist in Sensory Processing and Integration Disorder, certified in the evaluation and treatment of SPD by the Sensory Therapies and Research Institute, specializing in the treatment of children with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) and neurodivergence. Dr. Leinfuss published in peer-reviewed journals and has presented professionally to local, national, and international audiences. She is an assistant professor and capstone coordinator in an OTD program.

Amanda Newchok, MS, OTR/L graduated from Quinnipiac University with her Bachelor’s of Science degree in Occupational Therapy and went on to receive a Master’s of Science in Health Care Management from the College of St. Elizabeth in Morristown, NJ. Amanda has placed an emphasis on treating the whole child and highlighting the importance of collaboration as part of a team in variety treatment settings and contexts including the school-based setting, clinic-based environment, and as an instructor for the STAR Institute.

Erin O’Hara, MS Ed, OTR/L received her training from Quinnipiac University, Johns Hopkins University and has a certification in Sensory Integration from the University of Southern California. As a practitioner she functions in a variety of roles such as a presenter, adjunct professor, co-creator of the Ready to Learn and Play framework and as an active clinician. Erin uses her ability to connect and create meaningful relationships to foster the development of skill sets in her clients, students, and professional colleagues.

Disclosures: Janis Leinfuss, Amanda Newchok, and Erin O’Hara receive speaking honoraria from Apply EBP, LLC. Janis Leinfuss, Amanda Newchok, and Erin O’Hara are authors of the Ready to Learn and Play (RtLP) framework. Attendees do not have to purchase anything from the speakers to implement the RtLP framework. They have no other relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.

At the completion of the course, learners will be able to:

1. 1. 1. Identify 3 benefits of the Ready to Learn and Play (RtLP) framework in addressing sensory regulation needs
      2. Determine 3 RtLP activities that can help children recognize and understand their own sensory regulation
      3. Apply 3 RtLP strategies in a given case study to promote the school, home, and/or community participation of a child with sensory regulation needs

1.5 hours of lecture and case study

• • • Impact of Dysregulation on Availability to Learn & Occupational Performance
    • Neurodiversity Affirming Lens
    • Ready to Learn and Play (RtLP) framework
      • Phase I: Sensory Experience
      • Phase II: Sensory Choices
      • Phase III: Generalization
      • Phase IV: Application
    • Case Studies

Webinar Price: $65 for 1-year access to watch and re-watch

Payment Options

• • Pay via Credit Card or PayPal: You are registered instantly!
  • Pay via Purchase Order: Email vicki@applyebp.com

Cancellation Policy

There is no cancellation once webinar is purchased. You will have access to this course for at least 1 year. If the webinar becomes unavailable before the learner has had access, Apply EBP, LLC will refund the full amount to the learner. Please email or call us if you have any questions.

Accommodations Request

Please email or call us before registering for the course with any questions or requests for accommodations. We will make every effort to provide reasonable accommodations.

Complaints Resolution

We welcome all feedback. Please email or call us if you have any complaints so that we may work with you towards a resolution.

Contact Info:

Carlo Vialu

carlo@applyebp.com

646-269-90391 year

You might be interested

“School-based OT Next Steps: On-demand Symposium for Growing Practitioners”

 Symposium Price: 12 Webinars, Multiple Experts

Learn more about the symposium by clicking here.