SIS: Pediatrics

Topic: DIR Floortime (Developmental, Individual-differences, and Relationship-based model which promotes healthy development through the power of relationships and emotional connections)

Presenter: Heather Ajzenman, OTD, OTR/L, HPCS, Owner of Play and Prosper Therapy, PLLC, Occupational Therapist, Hippotherapy Clinical Specialist, Expert DIR Floortime Provider/Training Leader

Heather Ajzenman, OTD, OTR/L, HPCS, DIR-E is the owner of Play and Prosper Therapy, PLLC which offers OT utilizing hippotherapy, nature, and neurodiversity affirming approaches. Heather and her consulting OTs contract with different farm sites to provide services throughout the state of New Hampshire and Maine. She is a hippotherapy clinical specialist and is an expert training leader for DIR Floortime through the Interdisciplinary Council on Development and Learning (ICDL). She previously served on the AHA board and is a scientific advisor for the Horse and Human Research Foundation. She published a study on the impact of OT incorporating hippotherapy in 2013 in the American Journal of Occupational Therapy.