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SPD Education for Parents & Professionals
Intensive Mentorships - Professionals
Spend five days learning sensory based treatment strategies from the best in the field. Be mentored by Dr. Lucy Jane Miller, Dr. Sarah Schoen and their handpicked treatment staff in Denver, Colorado. Off-site Level 1 Mentorship programs (four days) are also available in various locations throughout the year, featuring experienced STAR Institute faculty.
SOS Feeding Conferences - Professionals
This 4-day Conference provides training in the SOS Approach to Feeding, a transdisciplinary program for assessing and treating children with feeding difficulties and weight/growth problems of all ages.
International Symposium - Professionals & Parents
This annual two-day conference offers thought-provoking workshops with experts in the field of Sensory Processing Disorder. A Pre-Symposium Parent Workshop also takes place the day before the Symposium.
Online Learning - Professionals & Parents
The latest online courses covering Sensory Processing Disorder. Topics for parents, care givers, educators and clinicians.
Speaking Engagements - Professionals & Parents
Our faculty teach basic and advanced workshops on SPD all over the world. View our upcoming speaking engagements!
21st International 3S Symposium
Regulation: Foundation to Function
October 12-13, 2018
Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Atlanta, Georgia
This year's 3S Symposium theme of Regulation: Foundation to Function allows participants the rare opportunity to examine the concept of Regulation at deeper levels: theory to application, role to impact, concept to functional outcomes. Each of this year's 3S speakers bring a very special understanding and unique aspect of Regulation to our attention. Psychologists and Occupational Therapists will explore the role and impact of Regulation in relationship, trauma-informed care, and sensory treatment.
Also check out our Professional Pre-Conference Workshop and
Pre-Conference Parent Workshop programs
October 11, 2018
Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Atlanta, Georgia
Educational Reach
STAR Institute is dedicated to global education for Sensory Processing Disorder and creating a world in which everyone with SPD is able to receive treatment. With SPD affecting 1 in 20 children, it is not only professionals in the field of Occupational Therapy who need education on this subject, but also parents, care givers, extended family, friends, educators, employers, mental health providers, other medical professionals, and politicians. Since 2007 the STAR Institute Education Center has educated 6,700 people from 45 states and 18 countries with thousands more attending speaking engagements around the world.