Michael Crisci, Eleanor White

The Integration Station

Science EN ↓ 80 episodes

Your go to Child and Adolescent Occupational Therapy and Sensory Integration Podcast run by Occupational Therapy for Children. Hosted by Child and Adolescent OT, Michael Crisci & Clincal Director Eleanor White, The Integration Station's Q&A format takes your questions, share some knowledge and tries to find the fun in what learning how to support the young people in our lives. Guests will join us to share their thoughts and knowledge and build a greater awareness of how OT fits in the everyday.

Author

Michael Crisci, Eleanor White

Episodes

The story behind Occupational Therapy For Children 31.05.2021 1:08:42

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...

Communication is more than words: the Speech Pathology role 10.05.2021 48:12

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...

Understanding the anxious child with Kerry Burke 10.04.2021 42:12

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...

Parenting 'tough' kids with Mark Le Messurier 08.03.2021 44:35

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...

Talking all things sensory with Dr Zoe Mailloux 02.02.2021 45:21

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...