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NEW UPCOMING WORKSHOP

BOSTON, MA  NOV 5th, 2008

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

SticKids  recent workshops well received!

  • Long Beach CA Feb 18th, 2008
  • Oakland CA Feb 19th, 2008

Designer Meryle Lehn sipt OT rarely doing workshops take advantage and attend!

Only $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) 

 

 

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

SPD  Dr Lucy Miller's 6th Annual Denver Symposium:
SticKids well received with donation to SPD Foundation by SticKids  April 18 & 19th  www.kidfoundation.org

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
www.autismawarenesscentre.org

R2K Pediatric Therapy Network presents:
"Sensory Integration and Autism - Building Bridges Between Research & Practice” at Long Beach  California
Feb 16-17
www.pediatrictherapynetwork.org

 

Last years workshops:

New York  Nov  2007

Ottawa & Toronto May 2007

St Louis  April 2007

Toronto  & Barrie  October 2006

Contact us for workshops in your area at 403-932-6517 or stickids@stickids.com

News

Stickids booth at Dr Lucy Millers SPD New York workshop sold out in the 1st day with % donation going to SPD Foundation

Meryle presented on SticKids at Ohio OT Annual Conference Friday Oct. 26, 2007 in Boardman, OH www.oota.org

STICKIDS now has an Australian Distributer:
Life Skills 4 Kids Debbie Hopper
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ww.stickids.com.au

Historical Events:

R2K Conference in Long Beach California Feb 16 & 17th, 2007

April 13 & 14, 2007 - Dr. Lucy Miller's KID Foundation's 3rd Annual Conference in Denver , Colorado - with SticKids in-service given to Lucy Miller's STAR Center and plans for KID Foundation to be a distributor


Lucy Miller & Meryle Lehn @ STAR Center & KID Foundation

April 20, 21,22 2007 - AOTA St. Louis conference at Southpaw's booth

Watch for STICKIDS:
OT Practice, Exceptional Parents, Autism Quarterly, SI Focus and Exceptional Family and website Healing Threshold

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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