The Integration Station

Dino and Esther chat with Occupational Therapist and Kinesiologist, Veronica Steer, who founded OTFC over 30 years ago. Veronica shares how OTFC came to be, how it evolved and why she passed on the practice to Dino and Michelle Mennillo in 2005. Veronica also shares why Ayres Sensory Integration therapy is so effective and how OT can help to integrate children's primitive reflexes.  If you liked s...

Dino and Esther catch up with Andrea Ferguson, Senior Speech Pathologist and Clinical Manager of TALK Speech Pathology. Andrea shares key communication milestones for kids and strategies for working with children with speech delays. Andrea also unpacks the Speech Pathology role, Assistive Communication Devices, as well as the demand for rural clinicians. Speech Pathology Australia Communication Mi...

Dino and Esther chat with Senior Clinical Psychologist Kerry Burke, who established the Children's Early Development Assessment Service (CEDAS) at Psychology South Australia. When assessing, Kerry discusses the importance of understanding the whole child before jumping to diagnostic boxes. Kerry shares key strategies when working with highly anxious children and girls living with Autism Spectrum D...

Mark shares his heart behind the internationally acclaimed 'What's the Buzz?' program. He also unpacks his top parenting tips when caring for 'tough' kids and his perspective on the number one issue young people face today - loneliness. If you're a parent, caregiver, support worker, teacher or therapist - you won't want to miss this! Mark is a legend and a good laugh!!  If you liked something we t...

Calling in from California, Zoe shares her experience working as an Occupational Therapist during a global pandemic. Zoe describes the origin, evidence-base and principles of Ayres Sensory Integration therapy, sharing invaluable advice to parents, teachers and therapists caring for children with sensory integration difficulties. Zoe also unpacks the vision behind the Evaluation in Ayres Sensory In...