Featured Guests:

Dawn Paulson, has more than two decades of experience in delivering occupational therapy services to children and families in home, clinic and school settings as well as providing  consultation, collaboration and program development for organizations serving children at-risk and on the autism spectrum. Dawn attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she earned her degree in Occupational Therapy. After graduating she was fortunate to work with Sheila Frick, a leading innovator in OT practice. Through her work with Sheila she had the opportunity to learn first-hand from leading occupational therapists across the world. In 1999, Dawn and her husband, Andy, opened Integrated Development Services (IDS), a multidisciplinary clinic providing outpatient and in–home therapy services for children with autism throughout the state of Wisconsin. After moving to Minnesota, Dawn joined the team at Integrative Therapy providing exceptional therapy services to charter schools throughout the Twin Cities metro and Integrative Education, providing high quality continuing education opportunities for clinicians world-wide. Dawn also serves as a consultant for Ignite Child Development Services, a MN and WI based organization providing innovative programming for underserved and at-risk children. Dawn's holistic treatment perspective combines both cutting edge and time-tested therapy strategies along with an emphasis on the power of play and relationship as a way of fostering children’s development. In her free time, Dawn enjoys almost any outdoor activity, reading and spending time with her husband, children and two silly dogs.

Kathy Farah is an Integrative and Holistic Family Physician with a special interest in Mind-Body Medicine and social determinants of health, including racism.  She is a faculty member for the Center for Mind Body Medicine, and is the lead for their programs in Indigenous Communities, and  the combined  Whole Health Coaching model at the Veterans Administration in the Florida region. She provides consultation at Children's Minnesota in the Department of Pain, Palliative  Care and Integrative  Medicine in Minneapolis, MN, in addition to Western Wisconsin Health.