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• Supporting Participation- Sensory Processing Strategies for Daily Routines

  • When
    Wednesday, September 10, 2025
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    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Online Webinar (please note this is Central Standard Time)
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  Supporting Participation: Sensory Processing Strategies for Daily Routines

  Discover how sensory processing shapes a child’s daily life and how to turn potential barriers into opportunities for growth. While this session builds on insights shared by occupational therapist Sara Zielinski in May, you don’t need to have attended the earlier webinar this event stands on its own and will bring you up to speed.

  We’ll explore how sensory differences can impact participation and, more importantly, how to bridge those gaps. You’ll leave with practical, ready-to-use strategies to spark engagement, encourage skill growth, and foster joyful, positive interactions at home, in the community, and everywhere in between. This is your chance to gain fresh tools and inspiration to help every child thrive.

   More from our presenter Sara Zielinski:

  I have been a pediatric occupational therapist for 18 years, working in early intervention, school, and clinic settings. I am the Director of Occupational Therapy Services at HLC Therapy Group, and provide consultant services as well. I am a disability advocate, and have completed programs through ICDD (Partners in Policymaking) and a fellowship at UIC (LEND) to further my advocacy leadership skills. As a pediatric occupational therapist, I am part of an interdisciplinary team for autism diagnostics, certified in ADOS-2 administration. I hold my Basic Certification in DIRfloortime, and will be pursuing the next level of certification. I specialize in working with autistic children and their families. I work with all clients through a neurodiversity affirming, and strengths-based approach. I currently work with clients in school, clinic, and aquatic based settings.
  

  Early Intervention Credits:  TBD

  (please note credit is currently unavailable for states outside of Illinois)

  This training is open to all Early Intervention Providers and Service Coordinators

  There will be a free reflective practice session offered after the webinar for all IDTA Members ONLY. This will require a separate registration. 

  Please note, a strict no cancellation policy will be enforced for all IDTA webinars

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• REFLECTIVE PRACTICE: Supporting Participation- Sensory Processing Strategies for Daily Routines

  • When
    Wednesday, September 10, 2025
  •  
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Online Webinar (please note this is Central Standard Time)
  • Spaces left
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  Reflective Practice Session directly after Webinar.  Separate registration required. 

  Reflective Practice Session for the Webinar:

  Supporting Participation- Sensory Processing Strategies for Daily Routines

  Sensory processing is the foundation. When a child is not regulated, we can’t expect much else to fall into place. In this reflective practice session, we’ll go beyond the webinar insights to explore how sensory systems work, why dysregulation happens, and what we can do to help children thrive.

  Whether or not you attended occupational therapist Sara Zielinski’s May webinar, you’ll find this session valuable. Together, we will:

  • Reflect on how sensory processing impacts infants, toddlers, and young children in daily life.

  • Consider the effects when sensory systems are not functioning optimally.

  • Share strategies that support regulation, participation, and connection in family routines.

  • Turn potential barriers into opportunities for growth — for the child and the family.

  This Reflective Practice Session will directly follow the webinar.

  This event is only open to IDTA members who attended the webinar !  

  Early Intervention Credits - TBD

  (please note credit is currently unavailable for states outside of Illinois)

  This is a closed training and is only open to IDTA Members who attended the Webinar. Please note, a strict no cancellation policy will be enforced for all IDTA webinars.

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• 2025 Illinois Developmental Therapy Association Conference

  • When
    Friday, October 03, 2025
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    8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Moraine Valley Community College 9000 West College Parkway Building M, Palos Hills, IL 60465

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  The IDTA is proud to announce our 10th annual conference exclusively for the developmental therapists in the field. This will be an excellent opportunity to connect with your peers, gain tips to further your practice, honor the achievements of  Developmental Therapists with the Wehman Award of Excellence, Benny D Rising Star Award, and celebrate all that has been accomplished in our field.

  This Years theme: 

  Celebrating A Decade of DT Dedication

  #DecadeofDTDedication

  
  

  We are excited to have Dr. Mona Amin as our keynote speaker. 

  
  

  
  

  Learn more about Dr. Mona via her website HERE

  You can also find her on YouTube

  and on Instagram @pedsdoctalk

  
  

  This year, we are excited to bring back several morning breakout sessions after the keynote so that attendees can discover, choose, and learn from a topic of interest!

  Register now through July 4th to take advantage of last year's registration pricing before it goes up!

  Join us as we expand our knowledge of what we as developmental therapists can do to facilitate meaningful interactions for our EI families as they navigate their world around them . Be sure to keep checking our CONFERENCE LANDING PAGE (currently under construction) for more details as they come in!

  Mark your calendars, book your hotel room, and prepare for a fun and knowledge filled day among your fellow Developmental Therapists.

  Have a question? Email us at conferencechair@illinoisdta.org

  *EI Credit has been applied for

  
  

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