SPEAKER'S BUREAU
Another great resource from S.I. Focus Magazine
To assist your school or organization in education and/or fundraising, we are offering a Speaker's Bureau where you can find experienced professionals who are available to come to your community and help promote your conference, workshop or fundraiser.
Below is an introduction to speakers currently available to come to your community event as a keynote speaker, a session speaker or present a full-day workshop. Our speakers offer a variety of topics, fees and experience.
KATHLEEN MORRIS, MS, CCC/SLP
Ms. Morris holds a Master's degree in Speech Pathology from the University of Texas at Dallas. She has completed the theory course on Sensory Integration along with numerous sensory relevant courses.
She has been in private practice since 1982 following five years of work in the public schools. She founded and directs two sensory integration clinics in Dallas and also established a non-profit organization for the purpose of creating a preschool for children with sensory issues as well as providing educational workshops for parents, teachers and therapists.
She has presented at local, regional and international conferences on the topics of speech and language development and sensory processing. She has volunteered in orphanages and trained caregivers and professionals in Russia, Romania and Bulgaria for the past six years. She also speaks to adoptive families regularly.
Kathleen is the creator/publisher of S.I. Focus Magazine , the only magazine dedicated to sensory integration, with readers in seventeen countries. She initiated the National Sensory Awareness campaign in 2005 which gained support across the US and Canada, along with volunteers in Australia, England and Germany.
She is president of The Pediatric Network Foundation and on the Advisory Board of the National Autism Association.
Her passion is helping people understand sensory and communication issues and their impact on development. Her presentations are said to be extremely informative and fun.
ELAINE JEAN STRUTHERS, MA, MOT, PhD, OTR/L
Dr. Struthers specializes in pediatric neurodevelopmental processes and sensory integration therapy techniques as developed by Dr. A. Jean Ayres. She has received training and mentorship from Pat Wilbarger, OTR/L, FAOTA, Lawrene Kovalenko, OTR/L, and Debra Beckmann, MS, CCC-SLP. Since attaining National and State occupational therapy credentials in 2000, Dr. Struthers has treated and advocated for children with neurodevelopmental challenges in many settings including Tacoma Children's Hospital, Public School Systems of Washington, and an NPO. Dr. Struthers maintains a private practice in a clinical setting with specialized equipment that primarily serves families in Whatcom and adjacent counties of Northwest Washington. Her practice focuses on children under the age of 10 years. Therapy involves intense and continual one-on-one interaction with each child throughout their clinic time, as well as highly individualized, family-centered treatment planning. Treatment planning may include home adaptation, collaboration with and referral to other specialists, home visits, and identification of appropriate community resources to facilitate "just right challenges" for each child.
Dr. Struthers is formally trained as an anthropologist, behavioral scientist, and occupational therapist and has extensive field experience in human health systems and cross-cultural practices, as well as in the behavioral biology of the great apes. Prior to attaining occupational therapy credentials, Dr. Struthers was environmental enrichment coordinator for NMSU primate research institute, and later the director of behavioral sciences for the White Sands Research Center / Coulston International primate research center.
Dr. Struthers continues to document, lecture, and publish on topics related to her work. She has previously been featured in Exxet Magazine, a popular Norwegian publication, the American Journal of Primatology, The New York Times, and Laboratory Primate Newsletter. She is currently a technical editor for Sensory Integration Focus Magazine, an international publication.
JANET WRIGHT-STAFFORD, OTR/L
Janet is the founder and president of Kidz Play Pediatrics. She founded the clinic in 2000 after working in the pediatric field for 13 years. She received her undergraduate degree from Boston University in 1990 and her Masters degree from the University of New Hampshire in 2004. She is qualified to administer the Sensory Integration and Praxis Test (SIPT), has advanced training in Therapeutic Listening, The Ready Approach, and The Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS). She is completing her certification training in the Interactive Metronome. Her expertise and areas of interest include Autism Spectrum Disorders, Sensory Deprivation and the post institutionalized child, play skills, inclusion and competency issues related to occupational therapy. Janet also volunteers on the American Occupational Therapy Association's Sensory Integration Special Interest Section Standing committee and is the past Education and Research liaison for the Administration and Management standing committee. She is also on the on the Board of Directors for the Autism Society of New Hampshire and is the President of the New Hampshire Occupational Therapy Association. In her free time, when she is not running the clinic, mentoring or running the catalog company, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends, traveling, going to the beach, scrap booking, skiing, and reading non-professional books.
Janet was recently awarded (October 2003) the Occupational Therapist of the Year award for the state of New Hampshire.
Contact us by email at info@SIfocus.com or call 214-341-9999 for further details.
Please provide the following:- the approximate date of your event
- the requested time for speaking (all day, ½ day, session, etc.)
- preferred topic expected audience (professionals, parents, teachers, mixed)