The views expressed in the following presentation are those of the presenter and do not necessarily reflect those of STAR Institute.

Level: Introductory

Length: 1hour

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Presenters:

Antoine Bailliard, PhD, OTR/L
Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy
Duke University School of Medicine

Dr. Antoine Bailliard is Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy at Duke University School of Medicine. He is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He earned an M.S. in Occupational Therapy and a PhD in Occupational Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research focuses on exploring how sensory processing patterns affect community integration and participation in meaningful occupations. His community-engaged scholarship focuses on improving the delivery of community-based services for adults with serious mental illness. His theoretical work focuses on expanding understandings of occupational justice to enhance inclusion and understandings of how sensory processing patterns affect meaningful participation. Dr. Bailliard uses participatory methods to partner with people with lived experience with mental illness to design and implement research activities and in the development of tools and programs that improve the health, wellbeing, meaningful participation, and community integration of persons with serious mental illness. Dr. Bailliard’s clinical experience spans from working in acute inpatient mental health, chronic inpatient mental health, and community-based mental health settings. Currently, Dr. Bailliard is Co-Principal Investigator of a 5-year $2.4 million federal grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to design an innovative assertive outreach team to meet the needs of adults with serious mental illness who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Dr. Bailliard is also a consultant for the Public Mental Health Partnership between the L.A. County Department of Mental Health and UCLA and a consultant and trainer for the Institute for Best Practices at the Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Presenter Disclosures:

• Dr. Antoine Bailliard does not receive monetary compensation for the presentation.

• There are no other relevant financial or nonfinancial relationships to disclose.

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Roseann C. Schaaf, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy
Duke University School of Medicine

Dr. Roseann Schaaf is Director of the Jefferson Autism Center of Excellence and Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy Jefferson College of Rehabilitation Sciences at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. She is also faculty in Jefferson’s Farber Institute for Neurosciences and Research Director for CLASI. Dr. Schaaf has a PhD in Neuroscience, a master's degree in education and a bachelor's degree in occupational therapy. She has devoted her career to the study of sensory features in children with autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions with the goal of improving the lives of these children and their families.

The focus of her research is on the neural mechanisms of sensory features and developing and testing assessments and interventions that address sensory features to enhance function and participation in daily activities. She has received over $7 million dollars of funding in the past few years from the National Institute of Health, PCORI, the New Jersey Autism Research Program, the Eagles Autism Foundation and the Nancy Lurie Marks Foundation. Dr. Schaaf is the author of 6 books and over 100 peer-reviewed articles and abstracts. She has mentored dozens of students whose thesis or capstone projects range from clinical applications to neuroscience. In collaboration with Dr. Zoe Mailloux, Dr. Schaaf and her team at Children’s Specialized Hospital in New Jersey (Drs. Joanne Hunt, Elke van Hoodonk, Patti Faller; and Regina Freeman and Donna Kelly) manualized Ayres Sensory Integration Intervention and then conducted studies to evaluate its outcomes. They developed the Data Driven Decision Making Approach to guide therapist’s clinical reasoning as part of this work. Dr. Schaaf’s goals are to continue to generate evidence to support occupational therapy using Ayres Sensory integration, help make this intervention accessible to all children and families who can benefit from it and to see it gain prominence and respect across the world.

Presenter Disclosures:

• Dr. Roseann C. Schaaf does not receive monetary compensation for the presentation.

• There are no other relevant financial or nonfinancial relationships to disclose.

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Who should attend:

Occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, physical therapists, speech language pathologists, educators, child development specialists, mental health professionals, and other allied health professionals. All are welcome, although the event is geared towards human service professionals seeking a better understanding of the sensory integration process and sensory integration therapy as conceptualized by Ayres.

Instructional Methods:

PowerPoint Lecture

Cancellation Policy:

Because this program is recorded and accessible at your convenience, cancellations are not typically accepted. Please contact education@sensoryheatlh.org if you have any questions or concerns.

Do you have a disability that would require special accommodation?

Please contact us at education@sensoryhealth.org and describe how we can help accommodate your needs.

The views expressed in the following presentation are those of the presenter and do not necessarily reflect those of STAR Institute.