Dino and Esther chat with Senior Clinical Psychologist Kerry Burke, who established the Children's Early Development Assessment Service (CEDAS) at Psychology South Australia.

When assessing, Kerry discusses the importance of understanding the whole child before jumping to diagnostic boxes. Kerry shares key strategies when working with highly anxious children and girls living with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Kerry also unpacks the importance of a collaborative relationship between a child's psychologist and OT. 

Kerry refers to the following resources:

• Hey Warrior by Karen Young (Australian Psychologist) https://www.heysigmund.com/products/hey-warrior/
• Hey Sigmund website by Karen Young  https://www.heysigmund.com/
• The Owl and the Guard Dog by Cosmic Kids

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Mark shares his heart behind the internationally acclaimed 'What's the Buzz?' program. He also unpacks his top parenting tips when caring for 'tough' kids and his perspective on the number one issue young people face today - loneliness. If you're a parent, caregiver, support worker, teacher or therapist - you won't want to miss this! Mark is a legend and a good laugh!! 

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Calling in from California, Zoe shares her experience working as an Occupational Therapist during a global pandemic. Zoe describes the origin, evidence-base and principles of Ayres Sensory Integration therapy, sharing invaluable advice to parents, teachers and therapists caring for children with sensory integration difficulties. Zoe also unpacks the vision behind the Evaluation in Ayres Sensory Integration (EASI) assessment initiative, striving to increase the accessibility of Dr Jean Ayres' work around the world.

You don't want to miss this opportunity to hear from Sensory Integration royalty! 

If you liked something we talked about, or you learned something from listening to us, share it with your friends,  family, uni classmates or colleagues. The more people that know about occupational therapy, the better! 

 If you have any questions you'd like answered, please send a question to the integration station via Instagram or our email [email protected]