Susan Smith-Foley, MPA, OTR / L

Susan Smith-Foley, MPA, OTR / L NJ O.T. License # 46TR00137700 Specializing in Pediatric Services from Birth – Adolescence E-mail Address: [email protected] 400 Woodland Avenue Avon, NJ 07717 (732) 988-3444 ------

Education

Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ - Master of Public Administration with a Concentration in Health Policy / Management, May 1988. Kean University, Union, NJ - Bachelor of Science, Occupational Therapy. Graduated Magna Cum Laude, June, 1983.

Specialty Certifications

DIR® Floortime Certified - May, 2010. Certified to Administer and Interpret the Sensory Integration and Praxis Tests, March 1997. American Occupational Therapy Board Certified Pediatric Specialist - 1995 and 2000.

Advanced Accomplishments and Professional Affiliations

Co-Instructor for Profectum Academy Basic DIR® Certificate Course - 12/12/12 - 12/04/13.

Selected to be a member of the International O.T. Work Group of Professionals for the Profectum Foundation - September, 2011 - Present.

Faculty Member for Profectum Foundation - August, 2011 - Present.

Selected to be a DIR® Facilitator for The Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders (ICDL), May 2010.

Co-Leader for the DIR® / Floortime™ Coalition of New Jersey (Formerly known as the New Jersey ICDL Chapter for Professionals), May, 2010 - June, 2012.

Selected to be a Member of the Occupational Therapy Advisory Council for the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, 2009 - Present.

Assisted in Normative Data Collection for the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales - Second Edition, 1997 - 1998.

Member of the American Occupational Therapy Association, 1983 - Present. Member of the New Jersey Occupational Therapy Association 1 Professional Experience

Founder and Owner of Avon Occupational Therapy, Inc., Specializing in Pediatric Occupational Therapy Services, Avon, NJ, 2000 - Present. Services include conducting Independent Evaluations; providing O.T. / DIR® services to children and their families; and providing O.T. / DIR® services to school districts in NJ.

O.T. / DIR® Consultant to the Lakewood Board of Education, 09/88 - Present. Responsibilities include serving as a Coordinator of Occupational Therapy to over 20 school-based Occupational Therapists; providing DIR® consultation 05/10 - date; providing treatment services for students ages 3 - 21; providing program consultation; equipment ordering to facilitate individualized student participation in the least restrictive environment; conducting in- service training; and conducting parent training as needed.

Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey, Home Care Occupational Therapist, 09/88 - 08/02. Responsibilities included providing comprehensive O.T. evaluations and treatment to pediatric clients in their natural home setting.

Children's Center of Monmouth County, Neptune, NJ, 09/91 - 08/98. Responsibilities included working with students with Autism Spectrum Disorder and students with multiple disabilities using a collaborative educational intervention model.

Berkeley Township Public Schools, Bayville, NJ, 09/88 - 06/91 - School Occupational Therapist.

Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune, NJ, 09/85 - 08/88 - Supervisor of Occupational Therapy.

Garden State Rehabilitation Hospital, Toms River, NJ, 12/83 - 08/85 - Staff Occupational Therapist

Professional Presentations 2000 - Present

"Speaking Without Words." 06/10/13 DIR® / Floortime™ of Coalition of NJ Meeting, Montclair, NJ.

"Celebrating Strengths - An Overview of the Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship-Based (DIR®) Model in School-Based and Private Practice." New Jersey Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference - 10/28/12.

"DIR® / Floortime™ Information Session." The Calais School, Whippany, NJ - 03/19/12 and The Phoenix Center School, Nutley, NJ - 05/14/12.

2 "Assessment of Sensory Systems and Motor Praxis." 03/08/12 Lecture for Montclair State University Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Developmental Models in Autism Intervention, Montclair, NJ.

"DIR® / Floortime™ Model Presentation." 11/10/11 Westchester Center for Educational and Emotional Development, Valhalla, NY.

"Facilitating the Shift from Sensory Co-Regulation to Self-Regulation." 01/24/11 DIR® / Floortime™ of Coalition of NJ Meeting, East Orange, NJ.

"Utilization of a DIR® Lens to Understand Challenges in Social Development." 09/10 Related Service Presentation, Lakewood, NJ.

"Understanding the Impact of Sensory Processing Disorder and Regulatory-Sensory Processing Disorder in the School Setting using a DIR® Lens." 12/08 NJ ICDL Meeting, East Orange, NJ.

"Designing and Implementing Effective Sensory Diets in the Educational Setting." 03/08 Lakewood Public Schools In-service Day Presentation, Lakewood, NJ. "Infusion of DIR® and Sensory Integration Principles into the Classroom Setting." 11/07 In- Service Presentation, STARS Program, Lakewood, NJ.

"DIR® / Floor Time Overview." 01/06 Fairhaven Parent Group Presentation, Fairhaven, NJ.

"DIR® / Floor Time Overview." 10/05 Lakewood Public Schools In-service Day Presentation, Lakewood, NJ.

"What am I Going to do with this Child? - Incorporating O.T. and P.T. Strategies into the Classroom." 04/04 Lakewood Public Schools Inclusion Grant In-service, Lakewood, NJ.

"Sensory Motor Strategies in the Classroom and the Role of School-Based Occupational Therapy Services." 11/02 Lakewood Public Schools Office of Nonpublic Special Services, Lakewood, NJ.

"Sensory Integration Treatment within the School Setting." 2002 NJOTA Annual Conference, Eatontown, NJ.

"The Role of the School Nurse, O.T., P.T., and the S.L.P. in the Inclusion of Medically Fragile Students." 01/01 C.A.R.E. Grant Inclusion Workshop Series, Colts Neck, NJ.

"Oral Motor Strategies in the Classroom Based on the M.O.R.E. Program." 01/01 Lakewood Public Schools In-service Day Presentation, Lakewood, NJ.

Continuing Education / Professional Development 2000 - Present

3 10/13 -10/14/13, "Overcoming Barriers to Progress: Vital Pathways to Advance Development." Presented by Profectum Faculty, NY, NY.

05/13/13, "Raising the Bar: Educational Approaches that Go Beyond Labels." Presented by Profectum Foundation and Celebrate the Children, Morristown, NJ.

10/21/12, "Engaging Autism: Exploring a Common Ground between DIR® and ABA." Presented by Profectum Faculty, NY, NY.

09/25/11, "Autism Solutions: Pathways to Progress and Potential Over Time." Presented by Profectum Faculty, NY, NY.

01/28/11, "Visual Processing Therapy: Helping Individuals with Sensory Processing Disorders, ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia, and Acquired Brain Injury." Presented by Leonard J. Press, O.D., FAAO, FCOVD. Eatontown, NJ.

11/20/10 - 11/21/10, "How Does Your Engine Run?® - The Alert Program® for Self- Regulation." Presented by Mary Sue Williams, OTR/L and Sherry Shellenberger, OTR/L, New Brunswick, NJ.

11/05/10 - 11/07/10, "ICDL 14th Annual Conference - Redefining Autism." Tysons Corner, Virginia.

07/06 - 07/11/10, "2010 DIR® Summer Institute." Presented by Serena Wieder, Ph.D., Chair, and ICDL Faculty, Potomac, MD.

03/17/06 - Present, DIR® Tutoring with Ruby Salazar, L.C.S.W., B.C.D. Philadelphia / Narberth, PA. 03/27 - 03/28/09, "Clinical Assessment and Practical Interventions for Praxis: From Ideation to Execution." Presented by Teresa May-Benson, ScD, OTR/L, King of Prussia, PA.

10/02/08, "Vestibular Activation: Therapeutic Movement to Optimize Physical, Social, and Cognitive Occupation." Presented by Mary Kawar, MS, OTR, New York, NY.

04/25 - 05/15/08, "The Infancy and Early Training Course - Online Conference Version." Presented by Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D. and ICDL Staff (approximately 15 hours of Instruction).

05/10/08, "The Infancy and Early Training Course - Post Conference Workshop: Regulatory Sensory Processing Disorders." Presented by Rosemary White, OTR/L DIR® / Floor Time Faculty.

07/08 - 07/13/07, "2007 DIR® Summer Institute." Presented by Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D., Chair, and ICDL Faculty, Asilomar, CA.

4 11/08 - 11/09/06, "The Infancy and Early Childhood Training Pre-Conference Sessions." Presented by Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D. and Serena Wieder, Ph.D.

05/07 - 05/08/06, "Advanced Practical Sense in Sensory Integration - Putting the Pieces Together." Presented by Julia Harper, OTR/L, New York, NY.

07/06 - 07/10/05, "2005 DIR® Summer Institute." Presented by Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D., Chair, and ICDL Faculty, Lansdowne, VA.

11/10/05, "The Infancy and Early Childhood Training Pre-Conference Sessions: Beginner and Advanced Floor Time." Presented by Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D. and Serena Wieder, Ph.D., Tysons Corner, Virginia.

03/10 - 03/13/05, "Sensory Integration for those with Developmental, Learning Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and Dyspraxia." Presented by Jeannetta D. Burpee, OTR/L, Staten Island, NY.

07/28 - 08/01/04, "2004 DIR® Summer Institute." Presented by Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D., Chair, and ICDL Faculty, Lansdowne, VA.

04/23 - 04/24/04, "The Infancy and Early Childhood Training Course." Presented by Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D. and Serena Wieder, Ph.D., Tysons Corner, Virginia.

10/11/03, "Handwriting Without Tears Workshop." Presented by Amy Prechel, OTR, Princeton, NJ.

07/08/03, "Achievement for All - Inclusive Education Conference for the New Millennium." Presented by the Montclair Public Schools and the NJ Coalition for Inclusive Education, Montclair, NJ.

03/02/03, "Understanding and Managing Visual Deficits: A Guide for School Occupational Therapists." Presented by Dr. Mitchell Scheiman, O.D., Iselin, NJ.

02/04 - 02/06/03, "Verbal Behavior in the Classroom." Presented by Kelle Wood, M.Ed., BCBA and Gina Zecchin, M.S.Ed., BCaBA, Lakewood, NJ

11/22/02, "INTELLIKEYS Adaptive Keyboard." Presented by Joanne Castellano in conjunction with The TECH Connection at FRA, Shrewsbury, NJ.

06/13 - 06/15/02, Teaching Verbal Behavior to Children with Autism and Related Disabilities." Presented by Dr. Vincent J. Carbone, BCBA, Lakewood, NJ.

12/03 - 12/04/01, "The Listening Program." Presented by Advanced Brain Technologies, Tinton Falls, NJ.

5 10/29/01, "Considering Assistive Technology for the IEP." Presented by the Ocean County Technology Training Center, Toms River, NJ.

09/22 - 09/23/00, "M.O.R.E.: Integrating the Mouth with Sensory and Postural Function." Presented by Patricia Oetter, MA, OTR, FAOTA, Eileen W. Richter, MPH, OTR, FAOTA, and Sheila M. Frick, OTR/L, Morristown, NJ.

References Available on Request