When teachers succeed, students thrive.

Public Speaking

TK Institute (CAEYC) 2024 Inaugural Conference

  • Executive Function and Classroom Design: Strategies to Support Young Learners

  • October 2024, Santa Clara, CA

California Association for the Education of Young Children (CAAEYC) Annual Conference

  • Executive Function and Classroom Design: Strategies to Support Young Learners

  • April 2024, Pasadena, CA

California Teacher Development Collaborative (CATDC) 1-Day Intensive Workshop Facilitator

  • Supporting Neurodiversity in Early Childhood Education Through Sensory Regulation, Classroom Design, and Motor Development

  • March 2024, Los Angeles, CA

Builders of Jewish Education (BJE) Early Childhood Institute 2024 Annual Conference

  • Sensory Strategies to Promote Self-Regulation and Decrease Challenging Behaviors in Your Classroom

  • March 2024, Los Angeles, CA

2024 Annual Southern California Kindergarten Conference (SCKC)

  • Sensory Regulation and Classroom Design: Creating Successful Learning Spaces

  • January 2024, Los Angeles, CA

2023 National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Annual Conference

  • Creating Classroom Environments for Learning Success: Sensory Strategies to Promote Self-Regulation and Decrease Challenging Behaviors

  • November 2023, Nashville, TN

2023 Bright Start International Conference- Early Years Excellence in Practice

  • Sensory Integration in the Classroom: Strategies to Support Regulation and the Brain’s Readiness for Learning

  • November 2023, Athens, Greece

2022 National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Annual Conference

  • Sensory Integration and Classroom Design

  • November 2022, Washington, D.C.

Podcasts

Early Childhood Educators of Reform Judaism (ECE-RJ) Annual Conference

  • Sensory Integration and Classroom Design: Impact of Classroom Design on a Child’s Learning Potential

  • January 2019, San Antonio, TX

American Jewish University (AJU) Guest Lecturer for Early Childhood Master’s Program

  • Sensory Integration and Classroom Design

  • April 2020, Los Angeles, CA

California Kindergarten Association (CKA) Annual Conference

  • Movement-Based Learning: Sensory Motor Development and the Brain-Body Connection

  • January 2020, Santa Clara, CA

Prizmah Center for Jewish Day Schools Annual Conference

  • Executive Function and the Art of Classroom Design

  • January 2019, Atlanta, GA

Sample Lecture Topics

Professional Development Seminars

  • Executive Function and Classroom Design (Grades PK-12)

  • Executive Function: Strategies to Support Student Success in the Classroom (Grades PK-12)

  • Sensory Integration and Classroom Design: Impact on a Child’s Learning Potential (18 mo.- Grade 2)

  • Movement-Based Learning: Sensory Motor Development and the Brain-Body Connection (Grades PK-6)

  • Handwriting Instruction: Strategies to Facilitate Student Success (Grades K-1)

  • Identifying Red Flags and Incorporating Fine Motor and Gross Motor Strategies in the Classroom (18 mo. -Grade 2)

  • Motor Skills Development for School Success (18 mo.-Grade 2)

Parent Education Seminars

  • When Should My Child Be Able to Do That?: Motor Skills Development in the Early Years (18mo.- 5 yrs.)

  • Infant and Toddler Motor Development (0-36 mo.)

  • Sensory Regulation in the Early Years (18 mo.-5 yrs.)

  • Executive Function: Strategies to Support EF Skills in the Home (Grades PK-12)