<p> 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 ------</p><p>Education</p><p>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.</p><p>Specialty Certifications</p><p>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.</p><p>Advanced Accomplishments and Professional Affiliations</p><p>Co-Instructor for Profectum Academy Basic DIR® Certificate Course - 12/12/12 - 12/04/13.</p><p>Selected to be a member of the International O.T. Work Group of Professionals for the Profectum Foundation - September, 2011 - Present.</p><p>Faculty Member for Profectum Foundation - August, 2011 - Present.</p><p>Selected to be a DIR® Facilitator for The Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders (ICDL), May 2010.</p><p>Co-Leader for the DIR® / Floortime™ Coalition of New Jersey (Formerly known as the New Jersey ICDL Chapter for Professionals), May, 2010 - June, 2012.</p><p>Selected to be a Member of the Occupational Therapy Advisory Council for the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, 2009 - Present.</p><p>Assisted in Normative Data Collection for the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales - Second Edition, 1997 - 1998.</p><p>Member of the American Occupational Therapy Association, 1983 - Present. Member of the New Jersey Occupational Therapy Association 1 Professional Experience</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Berkeley Township Public Schools, Bayville, NJ, 09/88 - 06/91 - School Occupational Therapist.</p><p>Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune, NJ, 09/85 - 08/88 - Supervisor of Occupational Therapy.</p><p>Garden State Rehabilitation Hospital, Toms River, NJ, 12/83 - 08/85 - Staff Occupational Therapist</p><p>Professional Presentations 2000 - Present</p><p>"Speaking Without Words." 06/10/13 DIR® / Floortime™ of Coalition of NJ Meeting, Montclair, NJ.</p><p>"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.</p><p>"DIR® / Floortime™ Information Session." The Calais School, Whippany, NJ - 03/19/12 and The Phoenix Center School, Nutley, NJ - 05/14/12.</p><p>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.</p><p>"DIR® / Floortime™ Model Presentation." 11/10/11 Westchester Center for Educational and Emotional Development, Valhalla, NY.</p><p>"Facilitating the Shift from Sensory Co-Regulation to Self-Regulation." 01/24/11 DIR® / Floortime™ of Coalition of NJ Meeting, East Orange, NJ. </p><p>"Utilization of a DIR® Lens to Understand Challenges in Social Development." 09/10 Related Service Presentation, Lakewood, NJ.</p><p>"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.</p><p>"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.</p><p>"DIR® / Floor Time Overview." 01/06 Fairhaven Parent Group Presentation, Fairhaven, NJ.</p><p>"DIR® / Floor Time Overview." 10/05 Lakewood Public Schools In-service Day Presentation, Lakewood, NJ.</p><p>"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.</p><p>"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.</p><p>"Sensory Integration Treatment within the School Setting." 2002 NJOTA Annual Conference, Eatontown, NJ.</p><p>"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.</p><p>"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.</p><p>Continuing Education / Professional Development 2000 - Present</p><p>3 10/13 -10/14/13, "Overcoming Barriers to Progress: Vital Pathways to Advance Development." Presented by Profectum Faculty, NY, NY.</p><p>05/13/13, "Raising the Bar: Educational Approaches that Go Beyond Labels." Presented by Profectum Foundation and Celebrate the Children, Morristown, NJ.</p><p>10/21/12, "Engaging Autism: Exploring a Common Ground between DIR® and ABA." Presented by Profectum Faculty, NY, NY.</p><p>09/25/11, "Autism Solutions: Pathways to Progress and Potential Over Time." Presented by Profectum Faculty, NY, NY.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>11/05/10 - 11/07/10, "ICDL 14th Annual Conference - Redefining Autism." Tysons Corner, Virginia. </p><p>07/06 - 07/11/10, "2010 DIR® Summer Institute." Presented by Serena Wieder, Ph.D., Chair, and ICDL Faculty, Potomac, MD.</p><p>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.</p><p>10/02/08, "Vestibular Activation: Therapeutic Movement to Optimize Physical, Social, and Cognitive Occupation." Presented by Mary Kawar, MS, OTR, New York, NY.</p><p>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).</p><p>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.</p><p>07/08 - 07/13/07, "2007 DIR® Summer Institute." Presented by Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D., Chair, and ICDL Faculty, Asilomar, CA.</p><p>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.</p><p>05/07 - 05/08/06, "Advanced Practical Sense in Sensory Integration - Putting the Pieces Together." Presented by Julia Harper, OTR/L, New York, NY.</p><p>07/06 - 07/10/05, "2005 DIR® Summer Institute." Presented by Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D., Chair, and ICDL Faculty, Lansdowne, VA.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>07/28 - 08/01/04, "2004 DIR® Summer Institute." Presented by Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D., Chair, and ICDL Faculty, Lansdowne, VA.</p><p>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.</p><p>10/11/03, "Handwriting Without Tears Workshop." Presented by Amy Prechel, OTR, Princeton, NJ.</p><p>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.</p><p>03/02/03, "Understanding and Managing Visual Deficits: A Guide for School Occupational Therapists." Presented by Dr. Mitchell Scheiman, O.D., Iselin, NJ.</p><p>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</p><p>11/22/02, "INTELLIKEYS Adaptive Keyboard." Presented by Joanne Castellano in conjunction with The TECH Connection at FRA, Shrewsbury, NJ.</p><p>06/13 - 06/15/02, Teaching Verbal Behavior to Children with Autism and Related Disabilities." Presented by Dr. Vincent J. Carbone, BCBA, Lakewood, NJ.</p><p>12/03 - 12/04/01, "The Listening Program." Presented by Advanced Brain Technologies, Tinton Falls, NJ.</p><p>5 10/29/01, "Considering Assistive Technology for the IEP." Presented by the Ocean County Technology Training Center, Toms River, NJ.</p><p>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.</p><p>References Available on Request</p><p>6</p>