This is a privately hosted course.
Interested in hosting a Private In-Person course or webinar course for your staff? Check out our host a CEU Course page to learn more about the benefits and discounts that come along with hosting a course with us.
Private In-Person Course
Thursday, May 4, 2026
Holtsville, NY
This is a privately hosted course.
Interested in hosting a Private In-Person course or webinar course for your staff? Check out our host a CEU Course page to learn more about the benefits and discounts that come along with hosting a course with us.
Private In Person Course
Thursday, May 4, 2026
Holtsville, NY
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
• Do you work with students on the spectrum?
• Are some of your clients “self directed” and/or “in their own world?”
• Are you dealing with reactive behaviors?
• Do you have difficulty getting engagement-making a connection?
• Do you find play and motor skills limited and or perseverative?
• Encountering self stimulatory behaviors and not sure what they mean?
• Do your students just want to watch?
• Are you exhausted at the end of some sessions?
For decades, autism has been defined as a triad of deficits in social interaction, communication, and imaginative play. Children on the autistic spectrum may have difficulties with posture, coordination, and motor planning. Recent studies show that movement difficulties are common in children on the autistic spectrum, and poor motor skills are associated with greater difficulties with social communication. Participation in activities, building relationships, and reciprocal communication require neurological systems to coordinate and synchronize the processing, organization, and regulation of sensory information and movement. Differences in body awareness and motor planning can result in avoidance of, or poor response to, many activities that support motor development. Anxiety, self regulatory and sensory processing challenges often respond to movement activities which enhance brain-body feedback for successful and organized engagement.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
AUDIENCE:
This course is relevant for Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapist Assistants working with children on the autism spectrum from pre-school to school age.
Anne Buckley-Reen, OTR, RYT has been a practicing pediatric therapist for 30+ years and a pioneer in the use of yoga as a therapeutic modality for the past 16 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. Anne brings a wealth of treatment options to pediatric therapy through yoga and continues to expand her knowledge and sharing through her dynamic yoga trainings.
Financial Disclosure: Anne Buckley-Reen receives an honorarium from Education Resources, Inc.
Non-Financial Disclosure: Anne Buckley-Reen has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
The presenter was very knowledgeable about various sensory and motor strategies to use with students on the autism spectrum. I truly enjoyed learning new information from her regarding these areas. -Tammy G., OTR
I really enjoyed this course and I walked away with strategies and interventions I could use right away. -Jane W., OTR
Eastern Suffolk BOCES Holtsville
750 Waverly Avenue
Holtsville, NY 11742
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