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At the conclusion of this course, the student will:

1. Recall the development of play skills across performance areas and the types of play that children engage in during early childhood. 
2. To recognize methods for promoting access to the occupation of play in early childhood in various areas of practice and for various populations of children. 
3. Recall strategies for engaging children in play and coaching caregivers to engage children in play (adult-directed and child-led).

For the full learning objectives of each speaker and interview please see this document 

00:00 Cari Ebert, MS, CCC-SLP: Neuroscience and Play-Based Learning

01:00 Cindy Chuan, OT:  The Therapeutic Use of Self 

02:00 Tera Sumpter, SLP-CCC:  Executive Function Development 

03: 00Katie Zelinski, OTR/L: Praxis and Motor Planning 

04:00 Kokeb McDonald, OTR/L: Primitive Reflex Integration 

05:00 Anna Dalziel, SLP: Taking toys to a new level 

05:30 Janis Leinfuss, OTR/L, Amanda Newchok, OTR/L, and Erin O’Hara, OTR/L : Ready to Learn and Play 

06:15 Kelsie Olds, OTR/L:  Child Led Play 

07:15 Adam Griffin, OTR: Playful Parents: How to teach others to be their child’s perfect play partner 

08:00 Melanie Batista, OTR/L: Supporting play through telehealth 

08:45 Claire Heffron, OTR/L and Lauren Drobnjak, PT: The power of playgroups 

09:30 Brittni Winslow, OTR/L: Promoting Play in Private Practice 

10:15 Ashley Fairley, OTR/L: Amplifying play in Early Intervention 

10:45 Abigail Long, M.S. Ed., CCC-SLP/L: Promoting Play in Preschools

11:30 Heather Greutman, COTA: Messy play for children with sensory sensitivities 

12:15 Bianca Mendonça, PT, DPT, PCS, CLC: Increasing access to play for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities through positioning and environmental modifications

13:00 Amy Guttmann, OTR/L and Evelyn Guttmann, OTR/L: Promoting play in ADHD and impulsivity

13:45 Joanne Cazeau, MS CC-SLP– Defending access to play for Pre-verbal Kids

14: 30 Diamond Rashad, OTD, OTR/L:  No more Hand- Over-Hand

15:00 Evaluation and Assessment of Learning (42 multiple-choice questions) (90 minutes allocated) 

Total 16.5 hours

Our target audience is Occupational Therapy Practitioners, Physical Therapy Practitioners, speech and Language Pathologists and other allied health professionals.  The educational level is introductory.

At the conclusion of the course, students must demonstrate a minimum of 80% proficiency in a 42-question multiple-choice questionnaire. 

In order to receive CEUs or the certificate of learning, you must fulfill the requirements of having completed all learning hours, completed the course evaluation as well as the course completed the assessment questionnaire with a proficiency of 80% or more. 

It is the policy of Holly Peretz to disclose any financial and non-financial interest the provider or instructor may have in a product or service mentioned during an activity. This is to ensure that the audience is made aware of any bias of the speaker.

Holly Peretz offers courses and promotes affiliate products related to general themes addressed in this event. Holly Peretz has no non-financial interest in this topic.

1. Our guest, Cari Ebert, MS, CCC-SLP will receive financial compensation from course sales made through their affiliate link for the Toddler Play Conference.  Our guest in their personal capacity may offer courses, and services and promote affiliate products related to this topic. In the final minutes of this training, our guest makes mention of a free resource to the audience that they have the option to download.
2. Our guest, Cindy Chuan, OT will receive financial compensation from course sales made through their affiliate link for the Toddler Play Conference.  Our guest in their personal capacity may offer courses, and services and promote affiliate products related to this topic. In the final minutes of this training, our guest makes mention of the product that they sell and offers a free resource to the audience that they have the option to sign up for.
3. Our guest, Abigail Long, M.S. Ed., CCC-SLP/L will receive financial compensation from course sales made through their affiliate link for the Toddler Play Conference.  Our guest in their personal capacity may offer courses, and services and promote affiliate products related to this topic. In the final minutes of this training, our guest makes mention of the product that they sell and offers a free resource to the audience that they have the option to sign up for.
4. Our guest, Tera Sumpter, SLP-CCC will receive financial compensation from course sales made through their affiliate link for the Toddler Play Conference.  Our guest in their personal capacity may offer courses, and services and promote affiliate products related to this topic. In the final minutes of this training, our guest makes mention of the product that they sell and offers a free resource to the audience that they have the option to sign up for. The intellectual property rights of the content provided belong to Tera Sumpter, SLP-CCC 
5. Our guest, Katie Zelinski, OTR/L will receive financial compensation from course sales made through their affiliate link for the Toddler Play Conference.  Our guest in their personal capacity may offer courses, and services and promote affiliate products related to this topic. In the final minutes of this training, our guest makes mention of the product that they sell and offers a free resource to the audience that they have the option to sign up for.
6. Our guest, Kokeb McDonald, OTR/L will receive financial compensation from course sales made through their affiliate link for the Toddler Play Conference.  Our guest in their personal capacity may offer courses, and services and promote affiliate products related to this topic. In the final minutes of this training, our guest makes mention of the product that they sell and offers a free resource to the audience that they have the option to sign up for.
7. Our guest Anna Dalziel, SLP will receive financial compensation from course sales made through their affiliate link for the Toddler Play Conference.  Our guest in their personal capacity may offer courses, and services and promote affiliate products related to this topic. In the final minutes of this training, our guest makes mention of the product that they sell and offers a free resource to the audience that they have the option to sign up for.
8. Our guests Janis Leinfuss, OTR/L, Amanda Newchok, OTR/L, and Erin O’Hara, OTR/L will receive financial compensation from course sales made through their affiliate link for the Toddler Play Conference.  In this training our guests present on the Ready to Play Framework which is only available for certification through the instructors. 
9. Our guest Kelsie Olds, OTR/L is a paid speaker and will receive financial compensation from course sales made through their affiliate link for the Toddler Play Conference. Our guest  in their personal capacity may offer courses, and services and promote affiliate products related to this topic. In the final minutes of this training, our guest offers a free resource to the audience that they have the option to sign up for.
10. Our guest Adam Griffin, OTR will receive financial compensation from course sales made through their affiliate link for the Toddler Play Conference.  Our guestin their personal capacity may offer courses, and services and promote affiliate products related to this topic. In the final minutes of this training, our guest offers a free resource to the audience that they can download. 
11. Our guest Melanie Batista, OTR/L will receive financial compensation from course sales made through their affiliate link for the Toddler Play Conference.  Our guest in their personal capacity may offer courses, and services and promote affiliate products related to this topic. In the final minutes of this training, our guest makes mention of the product that they sell and offers a free resource to the audience that they have the option to sign up for.
12. Our guests Claire Heffron, OTR/L and Lauren Drobnjak, PT will receive financial compensation from course sales made through their affiliate link for the Toddler Play Conference.  Our guests in their buisness  offer courses, and services and promote affiliate products related to this topic. In the final minutes of this training, our guests makes mention of the product that they sell and offers a free resource to the audience that they have the option to sign up for.
13. Our guest Brittni Winslow, OTR/L will receive financial compensation from course sales made through their affiliate link for the Toddler Play Conference.  Our guest in their personal capacity may offer courses, and services and promote affiliate products related to this topic. In the final minutes of this training, our guest makes mention of the product that they sell that the audience that they have the option to sign up for.
14. Our guest Ashley Fairley, OTR/L  will receive financial compensation from course sales made through their affiliate link for the Toddler Play Conference.  Our guest in their personal capacity may offer courses, and services and promote affiliate products related to this topic. In the final minutes of this training, our guest makes mention of the product that they sell and offers a free resource to the audience that they have the option to sign up for.
15. Our guest Heather Greutman, COTA will receive financial compensation from course sales made through their affiliate link for the Toddler Play Conference.  Our guest in their personal capacity offers courses, and services and promote affiliate products related to this topic. In the final minutes of this training, our guest offers a free resource to the audience that they have the option to sign up for.
16. Our guest Bianca Mendonça, PT, DPT, PCS, CLC will receive financial compensation from course sales made through their affiliate link for the Toddler Play Conference. Our guest  in their personal capacity may offer courses, and services and promote affiliate products related to this topic. In the final minutes of this training, our guest offers a free resource to the audience that they have the option to sign up for.
17. Our guests Amy Guttmann, OTR/L and Evelyn Guttmann, OTR/L will receive financial compensation from course sales made through their affiliate link for the Toddler Play Conference.  Our guests in their business may offer courses, and services and promote affiliate products related to this topic. In the final minutes of this training, our guests makes mention of the product that they sell and offers a free resource to the audience that they have the option to sign up for.
18. Our guest Joanne Cazeau, SLP will receive financial compensation from course sales made through their affiliate link for the Toddler Play Conference.  Our guest in their personal capacity may offer courses, and services and promote affiliate products related to this topic. In the final minutes of this training, our guest makes mention of the product that they sell and offers a free resource to the audience that they have the option to sign up for. Joanne W. Cazeau is a paid consultant for Lovevery. Lovevery is a company that produces play-kit subscription boxes for babies and toddlers. Joanne W. Cazeau is the owner of Koze Speech Therapy. Koze Speech Therapy is a private pay speech therapy private practice that provides play-based services to babies and toddlers with communication delays and differences. 
19. Our guest Diamond Rashad, OTD, OTR/L will receive financial compensation from course sales made through their affiliate link for the Toddler Play Conference.  Our guest in their personal capacity may offer courses, and services and promote affiliate products related to this topic. In the final minutes of this training, our guest makes mention of the product that they sell and offers a free resource to the audience that they have the option to sign up for.

This course is an independent/self-study course delivered via video inside the Thrivecart Learn+ course platform and podcast such as iTunes and Google Play.

Closed captions are provided on the video as well as a full downloadable transcript. 

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Lecture, case studies, and self-reflection activities

If this course were to be cancelled please see our cancelation policy here (link)