Retain Your Staff, Strengthen Engagement and Promote Employee Satisfaction

Host a CEU course with ERI for PT OT and SLP

“Our organization has partnered with ERI for almost 2 decades and they are easy to work with, provide excellent educational opportunities for our staff and are always looking for new ideas and open to suggestions.” – Michelle Moore, MS, OTL, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

“We have partnered with Education Resources for the past 25 years to provide comprehensive education for a diverse therapy staff. The variety of courses, and the flexibility of the delivery options, allows our staff to receive education for their specific populations. The instructors are very knowledgeable, articulate and well versed in their areas of expertise. Additionally, the staff at ERI are helpful and are innovative in meeting our needs.” – Anjali Gupta, Texas Children’s Hospital

At ERI, our continuing education courses are developed by therapists, for therapists. We prioritize evidence-based practice, collaborative learning, and hands-on instruction to ensure every course is clinically relevant and immediately applicable to your everyday practice. One of the most notable services we offer is the opportunity to partner together. Whether you’re looking to become a preferred partner or offer a customized in-house training, ERI has a dedicated and knowledgeable team to manage the many details involved in planning and implementing a CEU course.

We understand your time is valuable. Take the stress of logistics and planning off your plate so you can focus on what matters most: delivering top-notch training to your staff and ensuring exceptional care for your patients. Our Director of Client Relations, Marianne Boynton (mboynton@educationresourcesinc.com), can walk you through the different levels of partnering to find the one that suits your need. 

Retain Staff, Promote Employee Satisfaction and Strengthen Engagement

Not only does your facility benefit from quality CEU trainings to improve patient outcomes, but offering this kind of opportunity to your staff will keep them happy and engaged. Group learning fosters collaboration and is a powerful way to boost team morale and retention. Hosting a CEU course is an excellent way to ensure your team feels supported and valued in their roles. In today’s demanding healthcare environment – where many therapists are feeling the effects of burnout – providing meaningful professional development can make all the difference. When you partner with us, you’re not just offering education, you’re building a more engaged, satisfied and loyal team of therapists. Committing to their continuing education will help your organization retain staff, promote employee satisfaction and strengthen engagement.

What Types of Partnership Do You Provide?

As one of the nation’s leading providers of CEUs for physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech language pathologists, ERI brings over 35 years of experience to every course we offer. Our understanding of accreditation standards, vast knowledge of the continuing education landscape, connections to renowned expert faculty and outstanding customer service make us an obvious choice to bring your CEU trainings to the next level. We know what it takes to tailor a course to meet the specific clinical needs and professional goals of your facility and staff. Whether your team is as small as 10 or as large as 100, we have the capacity and expertise to accommodate your needs. Take the guesswork (and stress!) out of running a CEU training and let us handle the heavy lifting.

1. Preferred Partner

Being a preferred partner means that not only will your CEU requirements be fulfilled, but your facility will also be promoted nationally as a destination for lifelong learning. This course would be held at your facility and is also advertised to outside therapists. Your staff receives the highest quality continuing education and your facility receives advertising. Your organization will be marketed on our website and social media campaigns, increasing your visibility among prospective employees who will have an up-close and personal opportunity to experience your working environment. It’s a win-win: CEUs and public relations benefits! There are also opportunities for discounted staff pricing making this a budget-friendly option. 

2. Customized In-House

The research is clear: engaged, well-educated therapists provide exceptional care. In-house training offers a cost-effective, flexible option to train staff at your own facility. We would work with you to offer a private course for just your staff (or therapists that you invite) either in-person or via live webinar. Elevate your entire team without leaving your site. You have the opportunity to select the course, format, date and time, and tailor the content to meet your specific needs and professional goals. Personalized and practical education delivered directly to you. There are also opportunities for discounted staff pricing for this option. 

3. Group Pricing for Live Webinars

Interested in training your team without hosting a course? Take advantage of our Group Learning option – your staff can join one of our 150+ scheduled live webinars to train together and receive a discounted rate. This option is flexible (we have multiple dates offered for courses), cost-effective and does not require any hosting on your end. Your staff will still benefit from being engaged and learning together, all while ERI handles the course logistics. 

4. Online In-Service

Looking for a flexible way to bring a CEU training to your team? ERI now offers a new on-demand option for facilities to bring high quality content to staff – anytime, anywhere. Eliminate scheduling conflicts by bringing the convenience of an online in-service directly to your staff. This allows remote team members or new hires to access evidence-based learning at a convenient time and place. 

Professional. Reliable. Reputable.

With ERI as a trusted partner who understands your goals, not only do you receive high quality CEU trainings with expert faculty, but you can expect top-of-the-line customer service from our dedicated and responsive team. We’re committed to providing comprehensive logistical and administrative support from start to finish to make your training enjoyable and stress-free. We’re with you every step of the way to provide a seamless experience so that you can sit back, relax and enjoy the benefits that result in providing meaningful professional development to your hard-working staff. 

Learn more about hosting your next CEU course with us by contacting Marianne Boynton, Director of Client Relations, at mboynton@educationresourcesinc.com or call 800-487-6530. Make an investment in the future that pays off in employee satisfaction and improved patient outcomes!

NEW Launches Just In Time for Summer

The kids are out of school, the temps are heating up and summer is in full swing. With this new season upon us, it feels like a good time to share some of our newest courses available to you. Whether you’re looking to complete your CEUs on-demand or via live webinar, we have a ton of new courses to meet your needs. We also have new locations for some of our in-person courses. Get ahead of the fall craziness by completing your credits now!

What’s New?

We’re glad you asked! We’ve been working hard behind the scenes to turn out some great new content. With a range of topics, contact hours and price points, you’re bound to find something that fits your schedule and needs. Check out our brand new courses below:  

On-Demand

 

Live Webinars: 

learning in a classroomIn-Person Locations:

These continuing education courses for Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Speech Language Pathologists provide in-depth trainings that are rich in knowledge. With hands-on demos, videos and real-life case studies, you’ll walk away from these CEU courses with confidence feeling more empowered as a clinician.  

Take Advantage of ERI Rewards and Save $$$

Our loyalty program offers a variety of ways to save. Check out some of the ways you can receive a discount on the above courses: 

  • First time taking an ERI continuing education course? Call our office to receive $30 off your first course: 800-487-6530.
  • Have you taken 3 or more courses with ERI? If so, we want to reward your loyalty and give you $100 off your 4th course! Call our office to see if you’re eligible and to redeem. 
  • Bundle and save your courses. Receive a 10% discount off 2 courses and a 15% discount off 3 or more courses when purchased together. 
  • Learn as a group and save. Groups of 3 or more people will receive discounted course rates. 
  • Host a CEU course at your facility and receive group pricing for your staff.

2nd Annual Birth to Three Conference Now On-Demand

“I would highly recommend this course to other birth to three providers. It was a well-rounded conference that included PT, OT, and Speech together. I felt it provided an elevation of knowledge on topics that are briefly touched on otherwise. The speakers were well-versed and the information was well presented. I am looking forward to attending another ERI course soon.”

“This was a wonderful conference that provided me with a wealth of information to take with me as I treat my clients. I have 20+ years of experience in the field and I still learned so much!”

These are just a couple of the many testimonials we received from our 2nd Annual Birth to Three Conference recorded on March 20 and 21, 2025. We’re pleased to now offer this series to you on-demand.

Unable to join us live? Or couldn’t decide which sessions to choose and wanted to take them all? Either way, we have you covered with the on-demand version. This is your opportunity to gain new skills, insights and strategies that will empower you to meet the challenges and needs of your young patients and families. Rewind, pause, reflect and go at your own pace. Focused on the birth to three population through a multi-disciplinary lens, this full conference will delve into feeding, motor skills, TOTs, premature infants, toe walking, neuromuscular conditions and so much more. 

This on-demand series offers up to 34 contact hours (3.40 CEUs) and features 13 sessions. You’ll have up to one year after purchase date to complete the course in its entirety, so watch as many times as you’d like to absorb all of this valuable information! View the brochure for a full outline. 

Choose The Series That Works For You

Developed for birth to three OTs, PTs and SLPs, this collection of 13 sessions offers cross-discipline education that gives you the knowledge you need paired with practical interventions you can implement right away. With access to the full conference, you’ll view your clients’ needs through a multidisciplinary lens, with more practical knowledge and strategies to implement across topics like movement, communication, feeding, sleep, and adaptive equipment. There’s something for everyone!

Additionally, you have multiple choices for registration. Register for the full 2-day Conference, just Program A (Day 1) or just Program B (Day 2). Once you purchase, you will have access to the courses and downloadable handouts from our expert instructors for an entire year. Each session within the series can be viewed separately whenever it’s convenient for you! *Please note that individual sessions are not available for purchase.

The Benefits Of Group Learning

Learn as a group and save! Learning with peers can improve collaboration and lead to more thought-provoking discussion of the topics at hand. Below are the group rates and available savings:

  • Purchase one 2-Day Conference series for $699 and register up to 9 additional participants [CEU certificates] for $145/person.
  • Purchase one Program A (Day 1) for $399 and register up to 9 additional participants [CEU certificates] for $95/person.
  • Purchase one Program B (Day 2) for $399 and register up to 9 additional participants [CEU certificates] for $95/person.

*Please contact our office in order to register your on-demand group. Email info@educationresourcesinc.com or call 800-487-6530. Please share this offer with your colleagues and staff!

Early Bird Promotion:

As a special early bird promotion, we’re offering $100 off the Full 2-Day Conference series. Use coupon code BTO3DISCOUNT25 at checkout by June 13, 2025. Offer only valid for the full 2-day conference and cannot be combined with other offers. Coupon code must be applied at checkout.

“I feel that anyone in EI could find something to gain from this conference due to the wide variety of topics addressed. I am thankful for a conference that is specific to the B-3 subset because the needs are very individualized and often not a focus of pediatric trainings.”

Topics At A Glance – Something For Everyone 

The full conference provides thought-provoking sessions that will propel your B-3 knowledge and understanding to the next level. Our expert faculty bring a wealth of information and experience during these lively presentations that include practical demonstrations for you to take back to your practice. Bring that momentum back to your team and keep it moving forward!

The 13 Sessions of the Full Conference Include:

Connecting with Caregivers: Strategies to Lessen Barriers and Enhance Engagement to Boost Outcomes
Michele Parkins, OT

NICU Graduates: The Impact of Prematurity and Prolonged Hospitalization on Early Infant Development
Holly Schifsky, OT

Toe Walking: Early Action Makes a Difference!
Liesa M. Ritchie-Persaud, PT

Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing: Treatment Strategies Focusing on Postural Alignment, Respiratory Coordination, and Oral and Pharyngeal Function
Rona Alexander, SLP

Neurodiversity Affirming Therapy: Understanding Gestalt Language Processing and other Affirming Strategies
Laura Strenk, SLP

The Sensory Emotional Engagement Model: Connecting Sensation, Emotion, Action & Personality to Enhance Connection
Michele Parkins, OT

Bright Futures: Navigating and Treating Pediatric Neurological Disorders
Meghan Moore Burk, PT

Differential Diagnosis of TOTs: Using Research and Clinical Skills to Support Evidence Based Practice
Lori Overland, SLP
 

Pre- and Post-Op Treatment for Infants and Toddlers with TOTs: What Every B-3 Therapist Should Know!
Lori Overland, SLP

Brachial Plexus Birth Injury: Early Care Imperatives
James H. Northcutt, OT

Go from Knowing to Doing: Using a Neurodiversity Affirming Model to Support Families of Autistic Children
Kristin Jones, OT

Motor Learning and Plasticity for the Infant: Encouraging Respiration and Movement for Function
Leslie Paparsenos, PT and Bethanne Mazurczak, CCC-SLP

CVI: The Who, What, Where and Why of Cerebral Visual Impairment
Subah Gupta, OT

Earn on-demand CEUs this summer all while building your assessment and intervention repertoire for your young patients and families. If you practice in the birth to three setting, this is definitely a course you don’t want to miss!

Questions or want to register a group? Please contact ERI at info@educationresourcesinc.com or call 800-487-6530.

NEW Course! Let’s Get Walking! Gait in Pediatrics – On-Demand

New On-Demand Offering!

Let’s Get Walking! Gait in Pediatrics – On-Demand is a new, on-demand course recorded at the recent live webinar taught by ERI’s internationally recognized and beloved faculty member, Suzanne Davis Bombria, PT, C/NDT.

This course will benefit Pediatric PTs and OTs who address functional mobility by helping to strengthen gait interventions for improved function across diagnoses, such as CP, DCD, Autism and other diagnoses.

 

Here’s What Other Therapists Had To Say About the Course: 

Wonderful strategies to improve gait.  This presenter has such a strong understanding of gait and how it is impacted with pathologies and was able to share techniques to better our treatment of gait in children. Paula E., PT

Suzanne’s gait cycle handout was great. I plan to use the handout while performing gait assessments with my children to really be able to see what phase of gait is impacting and what muscles to specifically work on. Tara W., PT

Learn at Your Convenience!

Let’s Get Walking! Gait in Pediatrics – On-Demand is offered at $299 per person/10 contact hours (1.0 CEU). Once you purchase, you will have access to the recorded course video and handout for an entire year. You can watch, stop/start, and re-watch the course to refresh your memory as often as you’d like, whenever it’s convenient for you! Click here to learn about group rates.

New Course Promo – Save $30! 

Save $30 when you add Let’s Get Walking! Gait in Pediatrics – On-Demand to your cart with coupon code DAVIS30 at checkout by June 20, 2025.

Questions? Please contact ERI at info@educationresourcesinc.com or 800-487-6530.

Sensory Processing Development Tips – Share with Families, Teachers and Colleagues

Sensory Processing Development Tips –
Share with Families, Teachers and Colleagues

Occupational Therapy practitioners’ training in neuroscience, psychology, motor development, and more lays the foundation for their clinical practice in sensory integration assessment and intervention. While you may see OTs using sensory bins filled with sand or dried beans, silly-shaped straws for drinking or bubble blowing, animal walk movements, yoga poses and obstacle courses, do you know the why and how behind these sensory-motor strategies for your child or student’s healthy development? 

We know that the main senses work together to take in the sights, sounds, smells, textures, and tastes of our day-to-day experiences. We also know that we sense movement qualities, balance and equilibrium and even the internal bodily sensations that alert us to hunger, thirst and toileting needs, also know as interoception.  Integrating or piecing all of this sensory information together effectively and accurately helps us do the activities that are important to us, get along with others, feel well and healthy and more. When sensory information isn’t interpreted accurately or smoothly, it impacts our integration and ability to show up how we want and need to in our daily lives. 

Building sensory awareness is an early part of the sensory integration puzzle.  So, using strategies that strengthen awareness of the senses is vital to sensory integration development, particularly for children with sensory differences.

Read on for more information on sensory integration development and its importance for children’s well-being. Explore some familiar and other less well-known strategies that pediatric occupational therapists use and recommend that support kids with sensory processing differences from early childhood through young adulthood. 

What Are Sensory Processing Differences?

Sensory stimuli is received through the various receptors in our body, taking in what we see, hear, touch, taste, and smell. Other receptors specialize in our body and head position, muscle activation and length, digestive functions and body temperature. All of these senses transmit their signals to the nervous system, which in turn, forms behavioral, communicative and/or motor responses.

Sensory processing differences may occur at the point of sensory reception, sensory signal transmission or integration of sensory input to form that behavioral, communicative or motor response. Differences can take many forms, including heightened intensity of responses to individual or multiple types of stimuli; dampened response to stimuli; preferences or aversions to stimuli that challenge participation in daily activities or environments. 

Individuals may or may not have formal diagnoses that accompany, although sensory processing differences are typically experienced by neurodivergent individuals.

Sensory Development Strategies 

Pediatric occupational therapists in a variety of settings, from in-home to schools to clinic or community centers, are experts in supporting sensory processing differences for clients throughout childhood. They do this with a combination of skill building, accommodating and modifying or adapting the environment or the person’s immediate surroundings. Below you’ll learn more about how some of the strategies you’ve seen before work for kids with sensory processing differences, and you’re likely to learn a couple of new strategies that may help. 

Auditory Sensation

Auditory stimuli can be experienced differently by those with sensory processing difficulties. Common or even familiar sounds can be heightened and experienced as painful, intense, over-stimulating, distracting or aversive. Conversely, sounds may be difficult to identify or register accurately, even when the child’s hearing is within normal limits.  Common strategies that both accommodate auditory sensory differences and support participation in daily activities include noise-canceling headphones, visual cues or aids, quiet time breaks, background music or white noise. Building awareness of preferences, aversions and needs when it comes to auditory sensations can be a useful tool to help kids get along and participate at home, school and in the community. 

Olfactory- Following your nose to sensory development and integration.  

Here are some activities pediatric occupational therapists have shared to build awareness of olfactory sensations and accommodate for differences in responsiveness:

  • Building Awareness: Explore scented markers, flowers and essential oils.
  • Accommodate hypersensitivities by removing aversive smells from the environment. 
  • Teach self-advocacy as a response to aversive odors 

Oral Motor Skill Development

When it comes to sensory development, the mouth is filled with sensory receptors for flavor,  taste, texture, feel, pressure and muscle force for eating, drinking and chewing. Children with sensory differences can experience myriad difficulties at mealtimes. Often times, an occupational therapist or speech language pathologist with expertise in feeding and swallowing can pinpoint potential sensory differences impacting the child.  They may recommend oral motor strategies to build skills: 

  • Chewable jewelry: Chewable jewelry can be self-regulating from a sensory standpoint. This added input to the mouth can improve focus while also strengthening oral motor skills. 
  • Whistle games: Playing with noise makers and whistles is a fun way for kids to explore oral motor skills with immediate auditory feedback. You can even pair noise cancelling headphones with whistle games for you or the child!

Tactile Skill Building 

Children with tactile development difficulties may find certain textures unsettling or deep pressure on their skin calming. Some might avoid touch altogether, while others may fidget or seek to touch everything. Activities to consider for building awareness of tactile stimuli and accommodating differences include: 

  • Explore textured materials: Use sensory bins to introduce children with tactile seeking or defensiveness to different textures. This activity can be calming for kids with high responsivity and provoke the curiosity and engagement for kids with low responsivity. 
  • Deep pressure applications: Use lap pads or weighted blankets to offer deep pressure stimuli as calming input for your child. 

Visual Sensory Development

Vision is a complex system that influences every other sense. Visual skills such as accommodation and eye tracking are essential for children with sight-related sensory difficulties. Some kids with visual development difficulties find bright light and different colors distressing or too intense. Accommodations for visual sensory differences can include adding, removing or changing the visual stimuli in the child’s surroundings. Skill building can improve sustained visual focus, visual processing of stimuli, and eye muscle control. 

Vestibular Development 

Different movement patterns, directions and speeds can have a strong impact on a child’s sensory integration and ability to form a behavioral or motor response that meets their needs in a given environment. Building vestibular skills can include balance activities, changing body positions, climbing, swinging, rocking and more. 

Remember Your Why With ERI 

You chose this therapy career for a reason and we at ERI celebrate your commitment to ongoing learning, professional development and continuing education. At Education Resources Inc. (ERI), we have dedicated over 30 years to providing timely and evidence-based continuing education for therapists by therapists. We offer relevant and practice-ready learning that you can implement as soon as the course wraps up and with the next client on your schedule. 

To meet the needs of all types of learnings, our Continuing Education courses are available as Live Webinars where you are face to face with the instructor and fellow course mates, as On Demand videos complete with the course handout and playback controls to pause, rewind, and rewatch when needed. We can even work with you and your facility to join you in-person for the ultimate group learning experience alongside your colleagues. Contact our friendly office staff to arrange group discounts, on-site courses or with any questions about our course catalogue. 

We’d love for you to join our annual conferences in School-Based and Birth to 3 Practice with a multidisciplinary cohort of clinicians who are as eager as you for the most up to date topics, evidence-based practice, and dynamic speakers who are sure to leave you energized and remembering why you love what you do.