Conference Overview:
This on-demand series offers 34 contact hours (3.40 CEUs) and features 13 sessions recorded from the 2nd Annual Birth to Annual Conference on March 20 and 21, 2025. Download the brochure here.
Unable to join us for the live Birth to Three Conference? Or couldn’t decide which topic 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.
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!
“I really enjoy the virtual conference format that ERI provides and have attended both the Therapies in the Schools conferences and the Birth to Three conferences. Each provides relevant, current, evidence-based information and speakers, which explore several topics in one conference. It is a window into a number of topics that you can then choose to delve deeper into with additional coursework. I really like the variety and possibilities created in the virtual conference format.”
“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!”
“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.”
“I would highly recommend this course to other birth to three providers. It was a well rounded conference that included PT, OT, and Speech well together. I felt it provided an elevation of knowledge on topics that a 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.”
Audience:
This intermediate level conference is for PTs, PTAs, OTs, OTAs, SLPs and special educators working with the birth to three population.
On-Demand Group Rates:
- Purchase one $699 2-Day Conference, register up to 9 additional participants for $145/person
- Purchase one $399 Program A or Program B, register up to 9 additional participants for $95/person
*Please contact our office in order to register your on-demand group. Email info@educationresourcesinc.com or call 888-314-0122. Please share this offer with your colleagues and staff!
Speech Language Pathologists must report their ASHA participant form within seven days of course completion. Fill out the form on our website, and ERI will submit your information for you. To enable accurate ASHA reporting please submit an ASHA form immediately after you have completed Part A and a second form when you have completed Part B (do not fill out a form for each individual session) You can add Multi-Faculty instead of listing all faculty names
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
Michele Parkins MS, OTR is an Occupational Therapist endorsed as an Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist. She specializes in working with children and families with differences in sensory processing and integration and challenges in social-emotional development at her practice Great Kids Place in New Jersey. She is the founder of the Sensory Emotional Engagement Model connecting sensation, movement, emotion and personality to support relational health in children and caregivers. She is also a parent of two sensory emotional kids.
Michele is a fellow of Dr. Lucy Jane Miller, OTR and served as faculty for the Sensory Treatment and Research Institute under Dr. Miller, where she assisted in the design of the certification courses in Sensory Processing and Integration assessment and treatment for therapists worldwide. She is assisting with the standardization and development of the latest assessment for Sensory Processing Disorder – the Sensory Processing Three-Dimensions. She serves on the board of the New Jersey Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Association where she co-chairs the training committee creating curriculum that brings multi-disciplinary approaches to understanding mental health and early relational health.
Michele is passionate about working with families and other therapists and continues to do so as a clinician and educator. She educates therapists from all over the country and world and continues to provide consultation to schools on treatment for sensory processing disorder. Michele is leading research on the bidirectional relationship of sensory motor and social emotional experience. Michele has co-authored a chapter in the 3rd edition of Sensory Integration: Theory and Practice, the textbook for sensory evaluation and treatment, alongside world-renowned pioneers in the field, and is currently writing a parenting book and children’s books to support parents and families in understanding the impact of sensory processing differences on social emotional capacities including family dynamics and relationships and day to day routines and activities. She hopes to help everyone – children and adults- understand their Sensory Emotional Personality style and ways to find strength and joy within them.
Michelle Parkins receives an honorarium from Education Resources.
Michelle Parkins has no relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.
Holly Schifsky, OTR/L, CNT, NTMTC, CBIS, has worked 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.
She 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 infants. Holly received her BS in OT from the University of North Dakota. She is a faculty member for the Neonatal Touch and Massage certification; and Manuel Edema Mobilization training. She is the recipient of the National Association of Neonatal Therapists Clinical Excellence award in 2018, due to her clinical expertise and dedication to advancing the therapeutic interventions for NICU infants with cardiopulmonary conditions.
Financial Disclosures: Holly Schifsky receives a speaking fee when she teaches for ERI.
Non-Financial Disclosures: Holly Schifsky has no relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.
Liesa Ritchie-Persaud, PT, DPT, PCS, is a licensed physical therapist with 33 years experience in the field of pediatric therapy. Liesa is the owner of "Know To Change," an organization dedicated to advancing the knowledge and skills of clinicians in pediatric practice. Both nationally and internationally, she has educated healthcare professionals in advanced treatment techniques, performed specialized practical training and provided consultative services. Liesa has worked in a variety of settings, including private pediatric clinics, schools, private homes, hospitals and long-term care facilities, as well as facilities overseas. Dr. Ritchie-Persaud is a Credentialed Clinical Instructor and also taught human anatomy, physiology. She received her Associate degree in 1993 and worked as a Physical Therapist Assistant while earning her B.S. in Organizational Leadership from Southern Nazarene University in Tulsa, OK. Dr. Ritchie-Persaud earned her Master’s degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Findlay in Findlay, OH in 2003. She received her post-graduate Doctorate from Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions in 2011 and is a Board Certified Specialist in Pediatric Physical Therapy. Liesa’s passion for helping others extends into her private life. She has volunteered as a Call Rape Advocate and Salvation Army volunteer. Her passion for travel has led her to teach and treat in Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, the Arab Emirates and Mexico, plus organizing and participating in mission work in Mexico, Ukraine and Palestine. Liesa’s wide range of clinical experience, organizational leadership, proficient teaching skills, motivation to improve the standard of care and enthusiasm and passion for her field make her an exciting and compelling instructor.
Rona Alexander, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, C/NDT is a speech-language pathologist specializing in the assessment and treatment of oral, pharyngeal, feeding/swallowing, and respiratory coordination function in infants, children, adolescents, and young adults with primary neuromotor, musculoskeletal, and sensory systems impairments. She maintains a private practice; provides consultation services; provides short-term treatment intensives; and conducts workshops/courses/seminars/webinars on oral movement, oral sensory, pharyngeal, feeding/swallowing, and thoracic cage/respiratory coordination development, assessment, and treatment.
Dr. Alexander is an active advanced speech instructor in Neuro-Developmental Treatment (NDT). She has contributed chapters on oral, pharyngeal, feeding/swallowing, and rib cage/respiratory coordination function to numerous publications; is co-author of the book entitled, Normal Development of Functional Motor Skills: The First Year of Life; is author of the CEU product, Focus on the Rib Cage for Improvement of Respiration, Phonation, Movement, and Postural Control; and is co-developer of the CEU product, The ABCs of Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing.
DISCLOSURES:
Rona Alexander receives an honorarium from Education Resources, Inc., as well as royalty payments from Clinician's View and a co-author of the book published by The Hammill Institute on Disabilities.
Non-Financial: She is a member of the NDTA and the NDTA Instructor Group.
Laura Strenk, MS, CCC-SLP is a pediatric speech-language pathologist who has built a career committed to providing children from diverse backgrounds and with a wide range of communication differences access to the most current and effective evidence-based practices. Laura’s passions lie in the areas of autism, neurodiversity-affirming care, apraxia of speech, and literacy. In addition to providing treatment in a private, outpatient clinic for children from ages 1-16+, Laura serves as her clinic’s Program Development Coordinator, allowing her to support the growth and development of a variety of programs, including student programming (including internships, fieldwork placements, etc.) and clinical/advocacy programs (including social clubs, DEI committees, etc.). Through this position, Laura developed a love for educating others, which led her to an Adjunct Teaching position within UNC-Chapel Hill’s Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, where she taught a Pediatric Speech-Sound Disorders course to first-year graduate students.
Laura Strenk receives payment from Education Resources, Inc. for teaching this course.
Laura Strenk has no relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.
Dr. Meghan Moore Burk PT, DPT, PhD, is a Physical Therapist III at Children’s Hospital Colorado (CHC). She honed her expertise through a residency in Neurological Physical Therapy at The Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH) and served as a teaching assistant and clinical instructor in the University of Delaware PT program. She is a board-certified Neurological Clinical Specialist. Dr. Moore’s clinical and research interests center on neuromuscular and other pediatric neurological conditions. At CHC, she is part of the Neuromuscular Program for Muscle Disorders and works as a Research Therapist on clinical trials investigating antisense oligonucleotides, gene therapy, and myostatin inhibitors. Her research focuses on the impact of these therapies on patients with neuromuscular diseases, using functional outcomes measures.
Dr. Moore is also an accomplished author, contributing to research articles and presenting at national and international conferences. She is actively involved in industry-sponsored advisory boards that shape physical therapy standards of care. She earned her PhD in Health Science with a focus on Neurologic Rehabilitation in 2024 from Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions. Dr. Moore completed her Doctorate in Physical Therapy at the University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco State University.
Financial Disclosures: Meghan Moore Burk receives a speaking fee when she teaches for ERI.
Non-Financial Disclosures: Meghan Moore Burk has no relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.
Lori L. Overland, M.S., CCC-SLP, C/NDT, CLC, FOM is a licensed speech and language pathologist with her neurodevelopmental certification and certificate as a lactation counselor as well as having a fellowship in orofacial myology. Lori specializes in oral sensory-motor/feeding therapy, oral placement and orofacial myofunctional disorders in children. Lori’s private practice focuses on infants, toddlers and preschool children with oral sensory-motor/feeding disorders. Lori consults with children from all over the world providing evaluations, re-evaluations, program plans and week long, family-centered feeding therapy programs. Lori also provides consults to local school districts and Birth-to-Three organizations. Her goal in addressing feeding and speech challenges is to improve the quality of life for both the children she serves and their families.
Lori has teamed up with Robyn Merkel-Walsh M.A., CCC-SLP/COM to provide mentoring services through Mouths in Motion Mentoring. In addition to her private practice, Alphabet Soup, Lori is a member of the TalkTools® speakers’ bureau. Lori has lectured on sensory-motor/feeding disorders around the United States and internationally. Lori was accepted, multiple times, to present poster and live presentations on a sensory-motor approach to feeding, self-limited diets, tethered oral tissue, and complementary feeding at the annual convention of the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association. Lori is a member of ASHA, CSHA, LISHA, NYSSLHA, the IAOM, ICAP, a board member of the oral motor institute and a Breathe Institute Ambassador. Lori holds degrees from Hofstra University and Adelphia University.
Lori Overland receives an honorarium from Education Resources.
Lori Overland has no relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.
James H. Northcutt II, OTR, MOT, CHT has coordinated the brachial plexus clinic at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston for the past seven years. He started his career in adult upper extremity care in 2011 and transitioned to pediatrics at Shriners Hospital for Children - Houston in 2013. He guest lectures on brachial plexus birth injury and upper extremity anatomy for TWU’s DPT and OTD programs. His special interests include innovation and cross-disciplinary collaboration with the Engineering and Design program at Rice University. James believes that families make the greatest impact on pediatric patients. Weekly therapy should not replace therapist-guided, parent-executed therapeutic interactions at home. Equipping parents to help their children is always a priority. He has been married to his "beautiful and better therapy half," Leah, a pediatric physical therapist, for almost eight years. They have two boys, Isaac (5) and Evan (3), and are expecting another boy in December.
James H. Northcutt II receives an honorarium from Education Resources.
James H. Northcutt II has no relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.
Kristin Jones, 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”. 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.
Financial Disclosures: Kristin Jones receives a speaking fee when she teaches for ERI.
Non-Financial Disclosures: Kristin Jones has no relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.
Leslie Paparsenos, PT, MS, C/NDT is an independent, pediatric therapy provider, licensed Physiotherapist in Australia, and licensed Physical Therapist in the United States of America. She specializes in evidenced based, pediatric rehabilitation, serving babies, children and adolescents across a spectrum of neurological and developmental disabilities, and their families. Leslie is a certified Pediatric NDTATM (USA) Instructor, certified in NeuroDevelopmental Treatment (NDTATM (USA), and a certified clinical instructor by the APTA (USA). She has been teaching both internationally and nationally since 2007. Leslie is committed both to supporting therapists in their clinical development and assisting families and children in their journey to independence.
Leslie Paparsenos receives an honorarium from Education Resources, Inc. for this course.
Leslie Paparsenos has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
Bethanne N. Mazurczak MS, CCC-SLP, C/NDT has been a practicing clinician since 1990, specializing in the pediatric rehabilitation of infants, children and adolescents. Bethanne has a wide range of experience in working with children of all ages with neurological and developmental disabilities. She is certified in Neuro-Developmental Treatment, SOS Feeding and is currently completing the process as an NDT Candidate Instructor for the NDTA. Bethanne continues to serve the pediatric population with oral- motor/feeding and swallowing as well as communication disorders through her practice as a Speech Pathologist and is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. She has presented at the local, national and international level on various topics.
Bethanne Mazurczak has a financial relationship with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (employment) and receives an Honorarium from Education Resources, Inc. for this course.
Bethanne Mazurczak has a non-financial relationship with NDTA as a volunteer Instructor.
Subah Gupta MHS, OTR/L, SCLV, CBIS has over 25 years of experience, 13 of which have been spent working with pediatric and adult patients with visual disorders. She has a Low Vision Rehabilitation Graduate Certificate Degree and is certified in sensory integration and brain injury. She also received AOTA’s Specialty Certification in Low Vision (SCLV). Ms. Gupta teaches as a guest lecturer at Thomas Jefferson University and Widener University in Pennsylvania. She has been on committees which organize specialty low vision conferences at the state level and has presented on varied topics in vision at the IOTA State Conferences over the last decade. She is the owner of Sum Therapy, a private practice in Pennsylvania which delivers pediatric as well as low vision occupational therapy services. She enjoys developing continuing education webinars and presents on a variety of topics related to vision.
Subah Gupta receives payment from Education Resources, Inc. for teaching this course.
Subah Gupta has no relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.
This course meets the criteria for 34 contact hours (3.4 CEUs) Intermediate Level.
Education Resources Inc. is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course approval ID# 11368. This Distance Learning-Independent course is offered at 34 contact hours 3.4 CEUs. (Intermediate level, OT Service Delivery & Foundational Knowledge). AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures. This course can be used toward your NBCOT renewal requirements for 34 units.
Approved provider of the FL Board of Occupational Therapy-CE Broker – 39 hrs. This course meets the approval of the TX Board of OT Examiners.
ASHA CE Provider (Intermediate level). ASHA CEUs are awarded by the ASHA CE Registry upon receipt of the CEU Participant Form from the ASHA. Approved CE Provider for up to 3.4 CEU’s. All Part A Sessions plus all Part B Sessions must be completed to receive ASHA CEUS (see FAQ – Online Courses for full instructions). ASHA CE Provider approval and use of the Brand Block does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products or clinical procedures. ASHA credits are accepted by the TX Department of License and Renewal.
Application has been made to the FL Physical Therapy Association for 39 continuing education contact hours. Application has been made to the MD Board of Physical Therapy Examiners. Application has been made to the MN Board of Physical Therapy for __CE Hours until ____. Application has been made to the NJ Board of Physical Therapy Examiners. Application has been made to the OH Physical Therapy Association for ___ Hours - Approval #__.
Approved sponsor by the State of IL Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for Physical Therapy for 39 contact hours. The IL Early Intervention Training Program has approved this event for 31 hours of EI credential credit in the area of Intervention (see individual sessions). Approved provider by the NY State Board of Physical Therapy for 39 contact hours (3.9 CEUs).
Education Resources, Inc. is an approved provider for Physical Therapy CEUs in the following states: CA, OK and TX.
The following state boards of physical therapy accept other states’ approval: AK, AR, AZ, DC, DE, GA, HI, ID, IN, KS, KY, MA, MI, MO, MS, NC, OR, PA, RI, SC, UT, VA, VT, WI, WY. The following state boards of physical therapy either do not require course pre-approval or do not require CEUs for re-licensure: AL, CO, CT, IA, ME, MT, NE, ND, NH, SD, WA.
12 hours of this course qualify towards the discipline-specific hours for the 20-hour requirement for NDTA re-certification. They do NOT qualify towards the 8-hour NDTA Instructor requirement for re-certification.
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