OTKids Occupational Therapy

Crystal Itterman is a registered Occupational Therapist with 10 years of experience who currently works in the school system. She is an Integrated Listening Systems Practitioner and has professional development in Social Thinking and Handwriting Without Tears. She believes that children "do well if they can" and that we need to teach them the skills they are lacking to be successful.

Deb Waring has been practicing in the field of pediatrics for 22 years in both health and education settings.
She has worked as part of assessment and treatment teams with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Delays, Down's Syndrome, Acquired Brain Injury and Cerebral Palsy at the Alvin Buckwold Child Development Program,
In education system, she works with kids of all abilities including the above but also learning challenges/disabilities and sensory processing challenges.
Her list of additional training is expansive over the years but highlights a few most relevant, She is SIPT certified, has training in Therapeutic Listening and Integrated Listening Systems, and certification in Handwriting Without Tears. She represents Saskatchewan on the Sensory Processing Network through the National OT organization; CAOT.
Integrating Greenspan's floor-time theory's , Ross Greene's template of list of lagging skills, and Michelle Garcia Winner's Social Thinking theories are all combined in her daily practice. She is a strong believer in preparing kids for transitions by using visuals, visual timers and less language.
"Kids do well if they Can!" If they struggle, we're here to figure out why and how to enable them to be successful!