ERI is seeking therapists for upcoming one hour focus groups to be scheduled sometime in June. We want to gain a better understanding of our customers to help inform new initiatives, plans and decisions across ERI. This way, we can provide you with exactly what you want and need to further your educational goals. We are specifically seeking therapists working within the birth to five year old population.
Anyone who submits an application will be entered to win a $50 Amazon gift card. In the event you are chosen to participate in one of the focus groups, you will receive free registration to any ERI on-demand course of your choosing.
Deadline for Application
Deadline to sign up is by May 5. We look forward to hearing from you and value your thoughts and opinions!
Are you connected with the OT and PT communities online? Do you enjoy learning, exploring, and sharing ideas and info with fellow therapists? Is social media a consistent part of your daily routine?
ERI’s mission is to provide clinically relevant and evidence based continuing education while reminding therapists why they love what they do. The Social Media Ambassador has the opportunity to further this mission through meaningful connections and interactions in the OT and PT communities nationwide or even worldwide.
This is a remote role with a combination of independent, self-directed work and virtual, real-time monthly collaboration with our clinical team. We are a small but dedicated, energetic and supportive team.
ERI has two openings for a Social Media Ambassador to support our courses and conferences, specifically for school-based, pediatric clinicians.
We are looking for an OT/OTA and PT/PTA preferably with school based experience to:
Engage in social media groups on Facebook and accounts on Instagram through shares, posts, comments, polls, stories, etc. on a frequent basis
Share clinically relevant insights and impressions with ERI clinical and marketing team
Meet virtually with ERI Assistant Director of Continuing Education monthly
To apply for the position, please fill out the application and submit your CV/resume. Deadline for application submissions is Sunday, May 4, 2025. We look forward to receiving your application and learning more about you!
Sensory processing, structural differences and varying experiences can each play a role in feeding challenges for childrenthrough adults. Join speaker, Danielle Carey, CCC-SLP, during this live webinar to strengthen yourholistic approachto assessment and interventionfor clients with feeding challenges, looking at muscle weakness, abnormal rest posture and swallowing patterns, sensory processing differences,retainedreflexes, the mealtime environment, and more.
Pediatric Feeding Difficulty in Infants through Adolescents
Feeding challenges in childhood through adulthood can arise from sensory differences, structural differences, a lack of experience with advanced textures, or all the above. Enhance your feeding knowledge with thisholistic approachthat acknowledges the role of structural differences,retainedreflexes, sensory differences, muscle weakness, and abnormal breathing/rest posture/swallow patterns on mealtime participation and eating. We’ve offered three dates to choose from:
Danielle will take the therapist through determininghow to functionallyassess fortongue ties and to determinewhen releases arewarranted. You’ll also learn and embrace a neurodiversity affirming approach that accounts for individual differences including emotional support and counseling techniques that contribute to positive outcomes for clients and families struggling with feeding. This new course is full of insightful strategies and practical information that feeding therapists can start using with their families immediately.
Looking for Ways to Save?
Save $50 on any of the above course dates by using coupon code SPRING25
by April 25! If you’ve taken four or more courses with us, you’re eligible for $100 off your next course. Check your ERI dashboard and call our office for this loyalty discount. Additionally, you can save money by bundling courses or registering as a group. Check out all the different ways you can save!
Roberta Gatlin has been a champion in the field of physical therapy, with multiple leadership positions and research publications complimenting her vast clinical and teaching expertise. This newest on-demand course, Intervention in the NICU: A Neurodevelopmental Approach, is recorded from her most recent live webinar and will engage the experienced NICU clinician, as well as those newer to this advanced practice setting and dedicated to gaining competence.
“I have attended many NICU intervention courses; this was by far the best organized, comprehensive, and useful course I have attended. Roberta Gatlin is so knowledgeable in NICU and pediatric concepts. My peers and I took away many ideas and concepts we will integrate into our NICU. This is a great course for both beginning and seasoned therapists.”
Hands-on Demonstration of Positioning and Handling of NICU Patients
Withhands-on demonstrationsand instruction, thiscoursewill provide participants with evidence-based assessment andintervention skillsfor the NICU environment. Participants will practice infanthandling techniquesin this context of evidence-based practice, enhancing outcomes for the babies and families they work with.
Be sure to have adollon hand for this interactive course as Bertie takes you through identifying commonself-regulation signals and different state behaviors displayed by premature infants. She’ll also discuss typicalmotor and sensory developmentobserved in premature infants; 23-24 weeks gestational age to one month old post conceptual age.
Designed for therapists and developmental specialists working with the infant and family in the NICU, PICU, EI and home (up to their first year after discharge), this course is relevant not only to NICU therapists but those practicing outside the NICU, as well. Take the course at your own pace – pause, rewind and reflect on each section as she takes you through high-stake clinical situations and makes them well-rounded and approachable no matter your discipline or level of experience.
Savings You Don’t Want to Miss
You’ll have access to this course for up to one year after date of purchase. Save $50on this on-demand program by applying coupon codeSPRING25at checkout before April 25. And if April 25th has come and gone, consider bundling this course for additional discounts. 10% off two courses bundled and 15% off 3 or more courses bundled at checkout. Enroll today! Questions? Contact our office atinfo@educationresourcesinc.comor call 800-487-6530.
April is OT Month and ERI is thrilled to celebrate this vital profession. We are honored to serve our community of Occupational Therapists who help both children and adults flourish in theiroverall well-being and independence through engaging them in meaningful activities. Thank you for all that you do!
Meet ERI’s OT Faculty!
We are so happy to highlight and share our amazing OT faculty with you!
Anne Buckley-Reen, OTR, RYThas taught with ERI since 2005. Shehas been a practicing pediatric therapist for 30+ years and a pioneer in the use of yoga as a therapeutic modality for nearly 20 years. Her work with yoga has been researched, published and cited in numerous journal articles and is the foundation for a researched preparatory program widely used in NYC schools special needs classrooms.
Motor Issues in Autism is Anne’s popular ERI course andteaches therapists how to more effectively expand engagement in clients with ASD while answering questions about self-stimulatory behaviors, preservation, and reactive or self-directed behaviors.
Janine Wiskind, OTR/L, MShas been teaching as an ERI faculty member for the past 12 years.As a pediatric occupational therapist, beginning her career in brain injury, Janine cultivated her specific concentration in vision, which has, in turn, led her to specialize in primitive reflex integration. Working for inpatient rehab, outpatient, home health, the school system, and now within her own clinic has provided Janine with an extensive opportunity to work with a variety of pediatric populations and has led to her diverse array of expertise.
Janine’s well-known course with ERI isPrimitive Reflexes: Strategies to Promote Integration – Strengthening Foundational Skillsand teaches therapists how to effectively evaluate primitive reflexes and utilize a functional and play-based approach to primitive reflex integration. Registration for this course is now open:
Holly Schifsky, OTR/L, CNT, NTMTC, CBIShas worked with ERI for over 8 years. She has been in pediatrics for the past 28 years with the past 17 years in a level IV NICU. She is a Certified Neonatal Therapist, Certified Neonatal Touch and Massage Therapist, Certified Brain Injury therapist, a member of National Association of Neonatal Therapists, and has completed 6-month mentorship in infant/child NDT.
Holly has worked within the NICU and NICU follow-up clinic to maximize patient and family outcomes for the most complex premature and medically-fragile term infant. Registration is open for Holly’s upcoming courses:
Melissa Gerber, OTD, OTR/Lhas been with ERI for the past 8 years. Dr. Gerber is a seasoned and respected clinician with extensive experience in pediatrics. She began her career in Adult/Pediatric inpatient/outpatient rehabilitation and acute care. Currently, Dr. Gerber has been working for the Great Neck Public Schools for the past 23 years. She is president of 4MYKIDSOT, a private practice where she provides therapy and evaluations.
Dr. Gerber is enthusiastic to share her experiences and provide strategies that can be incorporated immediately. She is also affiliated with Puzzle Art Therapy, and enjoys sharing this program. Learn with Dr. Gerber at her scheduled courses this year:
Dana Kizer, OTR/L, MS, BCPhas a special interest in feeding and sensory processing. Dana has worked in a variety of pediatric settings including a pediatric hospital, specialty clinic, private practice, and home health. She has presented on feeding therapy and interventions nationally and across virtual platforms. Dana is a published author on the subject of pediatric feeding disorders and currently volunteers her time with Feeding Matters by serving on the Family Advisory Council to help families navigate the complex world of pediatric feeding disorders.
Dana brings a family perspective to her treatments and teaching experiences as her initial experience with feeding therapy occurred when she would accompany her younger brother to his feeding therapy appointments. She has seen first-hand the difference therapy can make in the lives of patients and their families. Learn with Dana as she co-hosts these upcoming courses:
Jocelynn B. Wallach, OTR/L, MS, has worked as a pediatric therapist in hospitals, clinics, schools and early intervention programs for more than 40 years. She has lectured nationwide and taught graduate courses on normal development, sensory processing disorder, self-regulation and executive functioning. For the past 25 years, she has worked in the Westwood Public Schools and maintained her private practice/owner of “Capable Hands and Associates.”
Join Jocelynn this summer to learn innovative methods to facilitate the development of self-regulation, attention, organization and memory, as well as environmental accommodations and modifications to improve the independence of students and patients:
Jeryl Benson, OTR/L, Ed.D, FAOTA, has over 30 years working in pediatrics with extensive experience in school-based practice and as an educational consultant for schools and families. She is certified to administer the Sensory Integration and Praxis Test, is a certified infant massage instructor and is trained in Neurodevelopmental Treatment for children with cerebral palsy. As a full Professor at Duquesne University, she teaches both undergraduate and graduate coursework in the areas of lifespan occupational performance, neurological and sensorimotor function, occupation-based theory, and advanced practice. Her research interests include school-based practice, sensory processing and occupation. Her goal is to make an impact by researching best practices in an educational setting ensuring that children have the tools to fully participate in their educational, social, and community environments. Dr. Benson is currently the Editor of AOTA Children & Youth SIS Quarterly Practice Connections. Learn with Dr. Benson at her scheduled ERI courses this year:
Kristin Jones, OTR/L, MS, a Neurodivergent Occupational Therapist, has been practicing OT for over 23 years. She has worked in multiple pediatric settings including early intervention, outpatient clinic, respectful feeding, and school based. The past 14 years she has been at the Community School of Davidson where she has taken the lead in guiding the administration and staff to become a trauma informed and neurodiversity affirming organization. Kristin has a passion for the latest research in brain development and translating this information for teachers to apply in the classroom. Her favorite quote is “if they could, they would” and believes it is our responsibility as educators to figure out the “why” to provide the most effective strategies for student success and to ensure the student feels understood. Join Kristin this fall for her popular course:
Join our community to receive CEU course information to meet your professional development goals, hear the latest therapy tips, treatment ideas and connect with other therapists.
Danielle will take the therapist through determining
Anne Buckley-Reen, OTR, RYT
Janine Wiskind, OTR/L, MS
Holly Schifsky, OTR/L, CNT, NTMTC, CBIS
Melissa Gerber, OTD, OTR/L
Dana Kizer, OTR/L, MS, BCP
Jocelynn B. Wallach, OTR/L, MS
Jeryl Benson, OTR/L, Ed.D, FAOTA,
Kristin Jones, OTR/L, MS,