The
29th Symposium on Intervention for
Persons with Special Needs
Thursday,
February 26– Sunday March 1, 2009
Minneapolis Airport Marriott Hotel
Bloomington,
MN
Scheduled Topics and Speakers:
NOTE:
Unless noted, all sessions begin at 8:30 and end
at 4:30
Registration
begins 30 minutes prior to session start.
Assessing
and Treating Regulatory, Emotional and Sensory Deficits
in Infants and Young Children
Georgia
DeGangi, PhD, OTR, FAOTA
12 Contact Hours
Thursday
Feb 26 - Friday Feb 27
Developing
Internal and External Structures for Thera-Play
Mary
Kawar, MS, OTR
6 Contact Hours
Thursday
Feb 26
Using
Unstable Surfaces in
the Treatment of the Pediatric Patient
Barbara
Hypes, PT
6
Contact Hours
Thursday
Feb 26
Roadmaps
to Treating Children with Sensory Integrative
Dysfunction
Renee
Okoye, MS, OTR/L
6
Contact Hours
Thursday
Feb 26
Partners
with a Purpose: Occupational and Speech Therapy
Using a Sensory Integration Approach
Patricia
Oetter, MA, OTR/L, FAOTA & Scott W. Fox, MS, CCC-SLP
13
Contact Hours
Thursday
Feb 26 - Friday Feb 27
Ball
Techniques in
the Treatment of the Pediatric Patient: Practicum
Barbara
Hypes, PT
6
Contact Hours
Friday
Feb 27
Assessing
Postural Outcomes of Sensory Processing Using
the Sensorimotor Performance Analysis
Deborah
Dougherty-Harris, MA, OTR/L
6
Contact Hours
Friday
Feb 27
Documenting
Sensory Performance in an Academic Environment: A
Matrix of Essential Strategies
Renee
Okoye, MS, OTR/L
6
Contact Hours
Friday
Feb 27
The
Power of the Somatosensory System
Jeannetta
Burpee, MEd, OTR/L
12
Contact Hours
Saturday
Feb 28 - Sunday Mar 1
Evidence
Based Practice of Sensory Integration
Teresa
A May-Benson, ScD, OTR/L
6
Contact Hours
Saturday
Feb 28
Integrating
Kinesiological and Functional Models in Upright:
Challenges for the Child
Vickie
Meade, PT, DSc, MPH, PCS
12 Contact Hours
Saturday
Feb 28 - Sunday Mar 1
Treating
the Neck as a Foundation for Oral Motor Function,
Sensory Motor Processing and Motor Development
Irene
Ingram, OT/L
6
Contact Hours
Saturday
Feb 28
Partners
with a Purpose in Action
Patricia
Oetter, MA, OTR/L, FAOTA & Scott W. Fox, MS, CCC-SLP
6
Contact Hours
Saturday
Feb 28
Essentials
of Praxis Intervention for Children with Autism
Teresa
A May-Benson, ScD, OTR/L
6
Contact Hours
Sunday
Mar 1
Music
and Movement in Treatment of Sensory Processing Disorders
Nikki
Rosen-Lieberman,
MA, OTR/L & Heather Glidden, BA
6
Contact Hours
Sunday
Mar 1
