STICKIDS Sensory Processing & Integration - Attend a Stickids workshop with creator Meryle Lehn to learn program strategies and functinal application

Community Therapy Associates Inc. presents

No Upcoming Workshops at this time

STICKIDS workshops have been a great success with therapists, teachers , speech pathologists, professors and parents attending. Sample Feedback "Thanks Meryle for creating such a practical and exciting product to support kids!" ..."your presentation style is friendly, dynamic and easily explains so much!"

Learning Objectives:

♦ Overview of guiding principles & philosophy of STICKIDS

♦ Detailed "walk through" of the software including customization

♦ Practical application tips and tricks to using various planners and activity cards

♦ Various approaches to use of visual strategies

♦ Questions & various demos of activities within STICKIDS

♦ Receive certificate for 3 contact hours

Designer Meryle Lehn sipt OT rarely does workshops usually when attendign a conferecne herself.

Fees are: $95 for the 1/2 day workshop. Add the Therapist SticKids product at discount price of $85 for a total of $180. Register on line with Visa, MasterCard, Amex or download manual form to fax or phone in (PO’s, checks also accepted)

No workshops posted at this time or planned for late 2009 or early/ mid 2010

Contact us if you wish to sponsor a workshop in your area in late 2010 at 403-932-6517 or stickids@stickids.com

Past workshops 2009
Chicago , IL           Oct 07
Long Beach, CA   Feb 22
Manhattan, NY      March 4
Denver, CO            March 11
SticKids  2008 workshops:
Boston, MA            Nov 2008
Long Beach CA    Feb 2008
Oakland CA           Feb 2008
SticKids  2007 & 2006 workshops:
New York               Nov 2007
Long Beach CA   Feb 2007
St Louis AOTA    April 2007
Toronto & Barrie Oct 2006

Other SticKids events:
SticKids has supported and had booths at the following conferences:

SeNetwork Conference NY,NY Sensation to Emotion Mar 2009
SPD Dr Lucy Miller's Boston Institute & Symposium
Autism Awareness Centre presents:
Dr. Lucy Miller “Sensory Processing Disorder: How Does It Affect Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder” at Edmonton Alberta Canada Feb 8 & 9th 2008 www.autismawarenesscentre.org
R2K Pediatric Therapy Network Long Beach California
Feb 2007, 2008 and 2009 www.pediatrictherapynetwork.org
April 2007 - Premier presentation at AOTA St. Louis conference at Southpaw's booth
Other News
Therapro supports SticKids in 2009 workshops promotion. STICKIDS well received as guest author at :
Therapro's booth at AOTA Houston in April 2009
Also watch for ads and promotions in: OT Practice, SI Focus, Exceptional Family and websites Healing Threshold and Therapy Times
SticKids article in SI Focus Winter magazine 2009
STICKIDS has an Australian Distributer:
Life Skills 4 Kids Debbie Hopper w ww.stickids.com.au
STICKIDS has UK Distributer SINETWORK UK

Lucy Miller & Meryle Lehn @ STAR Center & KID Foundation
SticKids at SPD Dr Lucy Miller's 5th, 6th & 7th Denver Symposiums April 2007, 2008 & 2009 www.kidfoundation.org
STICKIDS makes donations to SPD Foundation through workshops and products sold at SPD Events

Distributors
Look for STICKIDS being carried by your favorite distributor.
You may buy from them or here, whichever suites you.
Premier Release at R2K conference sponsored by Pediatric Therapy Network Feb. 24 & 25, 2006 was a great success!

Booth set up with Gord & Megan.

Meryle celebrating with beta testers from Pediatric Therapy Network.

Meryle with first STICKIDS sale.

STICKIDS carried by Southpaw and profiled at their booths:

AOTA in Charlotte April 27-29, 2006 Thank you Southpaw!..“This is the best item we’ve seen throughout the trade fair” – as commented by numerous therapists.

Autism Society of America in Providence, RI July 2006 - A successful events with parents, teachers, therapists and Autistic children and young adults , all really liking STICKIDS. Many created their own planners and sensory diets. One teenage girl commented - “I like STICKIDS ALOT…. I like all the sensory pictures – this is fun!”

Meryle & Megan, with Andy of Southpaw at Southpaw’s booth

Therapro carries STICKIDS
“Canadian OTs well receive STICKIDS - one of their own" @ CAOT Montreal June 2006. Thanks THERAPRO for promoting STICKIDS.

Meryle with Karen from Therapro

Beta version released Summer ’05

Gord and Meryle Lehn celebrating with Diana Henry and Rick

“First Bravo!! I had the opportunity to put the disk in my laptop as we drove back from Reno across Oregon towards Washington today...and I am very impressed.” - Diana A Henry, MS, OTR/L www.ateachabout.com

Thanks Diana for all you support and mentorship – Meryle

Background
Background of Meryle Lehn BOT(c)
As a Canadian occupational therapist in private practice supporting children in rural, urban, school and home settings, I have combined my early sensory integration background from the 70’s, with sensory modulation, sensory diet and cognitive motor learning theories and strategies. Within the last few years my framework has been enriched with completion of WPS’s excellent Sensory Integration Praxis Certification (SIPT); where peers and instructors encouraged me to formally publish my stick kid cut and paste activity pictures and planners.

Background of Community Therapy Associates Inc:
CTA as a sole proprietorship has been in existence since 1992 in the Cochrane and Calgary region. It was formally incorporated in 2005.

Product Development:
Throughout 2005 and 2006 extensive product development and beta testing occurred with great support from:

Tim Deslaurier

Megan Lehn

Howard Coneybeare
& Teak Sato

Computer Programmer

Product Development and International Business

Graphic Design and STICKIDS Illustrations
Gord Lehn

Jim Bowen

Bev MacDonald Product Development and Distribution

Technical Computer Editing / Testing

Technical Editing and for bringing her son Aidan into my life

Diana A. Henry
& Susanne Smith Roley
Mentors and now friends in my profession who gave me that “just right” encouragement and support.

Pediatric Therapy Network PTN
Occupational Therapy Associates OTA
Richard Furbush, and Ability Society
Beta testers who put time and kind support towards STICKIDS development.

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