Instructors for your workshops are assigned according to their specialization in the requested topic area and upon availability. Our core instructors excel in their expertise in a wide range of applications of Ayres Sensory Integration and extensive international teaching experiences.

		Annie Baltazar Mori, OTD, OTR/L Annie has over 10 years experience as an occupational therapist specializing in sensory integration, social skills, and program development. She was the Director of Social Skills and Community Integration, at Pediatric Therapy Network, where she introduced and developed innovative social skills programming for teens and children with special needs. more...
		Gina Geppert Coleman, MS, OTR/L Gina has been an occupational therapist for over 30 years, and an executive director at PTN for over 15 years. Gina exudes a warm, nurturing, and approachable style in all of her roles as a pediatric occupational therapist. She has taught administration of the Sensory Integration and Praxis Tests internationally and throughout the United States for over 16 years. more...
		Zoe Mailloux, MA, OTR/L, FAOTA Zoe is nationally and internationally recognized within the profession of occupational therapy in the area of sensory integration theory and practice, and the co-founder and Executive Director of Pediatric Therapy Network (PTN), a non-profit organization with over 100 employees. She has been teaching about sensory integration and related topics worldwide for more than two decades. more...
		Shay McAtee, MA, OTR/L Shay is one of Dr A. Jean Ayres's students. Following participation in the Advanced Sensory Integration course (OT610) at the Ayres Clinic, she stayed on as a research assistant for Dr. Ayres, working on the development of the Sensory Integration and Praxis Tests (SIPT). She was the manager for the pilot study phase of the SIPT and one of the instructors for the SIPT normative data collectors. more...
		Susanne Smith Roley, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA Susanne is an expert in occupational therapy who has contributed to the development of the profession through the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) as a contributing author of the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework (2002) and a past chair of the Commission on Practice and the Sensory Integration Special Interest Section, and an internationally recognized author and lecturer on the theory and application of sensory integration. more...
		Elisabeth Soechting, MA, OTR/L Elisabeth has over 20 years of experience in pediatric occupational therapy with a specialization in Sensory Integration. As a native of Vienna/Austria she was instrumental in bringing an evidence-based understanding and training in Ayres Sensory Integration to the German speaking countries. She has founded a national SI association (GSIOe), developed a curriculum for a valid and comprehensive SI training in Austria, and contributed in international SI organizations such as the Sensory International Global Network (SIGN) and the Coalition for Education in Sensory Integration (ICESI). more...
		Joan Surfus, M.S., OTR/L Joan received her degree in occupational therapy from Western Michigan University in 1990 and is currently working on her Doctorate. Her focus of practice has been in pediatrics, with an emphasis in feeding and oral-motor/dysphagia and sensory integration. She is currently an OT supervisor and oral motor specialist at Pediatric Therapy Network. more...