Raise Your Hands if You’re Excited for this Year’s Therapies in the School Conference!

It’s “Therapies Eve” at ERI and we couldn’t be more excited!

Tomorrow we will welcome more than 200 OTs, PTs, and SLPs to Therapies in the School 2019, our annual school-based conference just outside of Boston. Renowned speakers including Athena Oden creator of “Ready Bodies, Learning Minds,” and self-regulation expert Susan Roberts will take the stage and share their knowledge and personal experiences. We will teach the most up to date treatments and address numerous challenges that our community of school-based therapists face every day and provide support and ideas for improving your practice and outcomes for students and young children.

If you’re attending the conference, the ERI Team will be on hand should any attendees have and special needs or requests.  And be sure to follow us on Facebook, watch for Facebook Live events, check-in, share photos, and tag #therapiesintheschool #eri #schooltherapists #Therapies2019.

See you at the registration table!

Welcome the Season with ERI’s Holiday Coupon

We’re spreading good cheer this holiday season by inviting you to enjoy $50 off your next ERI continuing education course! Now through December 27, 2019, register for an ERI multi-day continuing education course, enter code HOLIDAY2019 at checkout and receive $50 off*!  Choose from numerous courses taking place across the country now through 2020. Registration is open online or by calling 800-487-6530. 

Happy Holidays!
The Team at ERI

 

*Promotion code valid 11/18/2019 through 12/27/2019. Promotion code must be entered at the time of registration and is valid for one-time use only. Offer is not valid on previous purchases, online courses, conferences, or one-day courses and can not be combined with other offers. Additional restrictions may apply.

ERI and Kelly Mahler Bring “Interoception, the Eighth Sense” to the East Coast

Kelly Mahler, MS, OTR/L, who presented the keynote speech to a packed room at the 2019 Therapies in the School Conference, is teaming up with ERI to offer her engaging course “Interoception, the Eighth Sense: Practical Solutions for Promoting Self-Regulation, Positive Behavior, Language Development and Social Participation.” Kelly’s course received high-praise from therapists and we’re pleased to offer her course in New Jersey on December 3-4, and in Baltimore, MD in February 2020.

The course will teach participants how to increase the effectiveness of their treatments and help improve clients’ functioning in self-regulation, language development, positive behavior, and social participation. Kelly will also highlight key strategies from her book “The Interoception Curriculum,” a step-by-step framework for improving interoception. She will teach participants how to adapt strategies to effectively meet a variety of client needs and improve client outcomes. All the strategies presented in this course will be effective for use in many different settings including home, schools, community and clinic.

Don’t miss this engaging and informative course that will help you treat your patients and improve outcomes. Therapists can register for Kelly’s course on December 3-4, 2019 in Livingston, New Jersey, or  February 6-7, 2020 in Baltimore, Maryland. Space is limited so don’t delay!  

 

 

Get Ready to Meet Athena Oden at This Year’s Therapies in the School Annual Conference

We’re excited to welcome Athena Oden a highly popular pediatric physical therapist, teacher, and author as she helps us kick off ERI’s annual Therapies in the School Conference. Athena is known across the US for her down-to-earth approach to teaching, the “Ready Bodies, Learning Minds” program, and the practical and powerful nature of her techniques. Her conference session, “Ready Bodies, Learning Minds: Creating Classrooms that Meet the Needs of All Children” will explore the Dynamic Systems Theory and highlights interventions and techniques applicable to all students in all environments.  Participants will learn and discuss intrinsic movements, classroom strategies, motor lab application, handwriting, and more.

Conference attendees also have the opportunity to attend Athena’s afternoon workshop “Ready Bodies Learning Minds: Strategies for Special Populations” which will empower and inspire school-based therapists with new approaches for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Asperger’s Syndrome, DCD, DDD, and more.

Athena is an engaging, experienced speaker and therapist with a clear mission: To help children perform at their peak, and to help therapists, teachers and parents understand the fundamental issues involved with sensory integration, motor skills, learning, and performance.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from Athena in person at the 20th Annual Therapies in the School Conference at the Sheraton Framingham Conference Center & Hotel, conveniently located west of Boston, Massachusetts, and within driving distance of Providence, Rhode Island, Manchester, New Hampshire, and Worcester, Massachusetts.

Register today and learn from industry leader Athena Oden at this year’s Therapies in the School Annual Conference.  

ERI has the Course OTs and PTs Have Been Asking For: Introducing Our New, Intensive, 4-day Pediatric Assessment and Interventions Class

child smilingJoin ERI and Debra Dickson for “Integrated Pediatric Assessment and Evidence-Based Treatment:  4 Day Intensive Focusing on Children with Sensory and Motor Challenges” in Houston, October 24-27, 2019.  This highly informative, hands-on course will provide you with concrete tools and strategies to effectively conduct in-depth physical and sensory/motor function assessments and design effective interventions for clients with varying degrees of involvement. The 4-day class benefits the intermediate to advanced clinician who is looking to improve and incorporate skills into a comprehensive and organized assessment and treatment strategy, integrating NDT, SI, reflex integration, myofascial release, cranial sacral therapy, and the visual-vestibular-auditory triad. These effective treatment strategies extend to improving self-regulation, visual motor skills, attention, social interaction, picky eaters, sleep disorders, and sensory motor skills utilizing a “trauma informed” approach. 

Debra will teach participants to design effective treatment plans in multiple settings including clinics, schools, and home programs. Held at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, this course meets the criteria for 25.5 CEUS and is approved by the Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners. 

Don’t miss out – space is limited! Register online today.