Description
Course Details
Instructor
Danielle Amster, MS OTR
National Speaker
Date
Monday
November 9, 2026
8:00 AM-3:00 PM
Format
Live Webinar
6 contact hours
0.6 AOTA CEUs
7.5 NBCOT PDUs
0.6 NY PT CEUs
0.6 ASHA CEUs
6.0 CEUs for NY SLPs
6.0 CTLE contact/clock hours
Application has been made to the NJBPTE for CE credit approval
CE Broker Tracking # 50-31070
$239- Before October 19
$259- After October 19
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Target Audience
OTs, OTAs, PTs, PTAs, SLPs, educators
Instruction Methods: Lecture, Pre-recorded clinical demonstrations, Guided observational learning, Interactive discussion, Case-based clinical application
Level: Intermediate
This one-day virtual continuing education course offers clinicians a clear and practical framework for understanding body awareness as a cornerstone of human function. Participants will begin with an overview of body awareness, including what it is, how it can be observed clinically, and how it can be assessed, treated, and reassessed to evaluate whether intervention has been effective. Body awareness will be explored as a foundational element that influences posture, movement quality, sensory processing, modulation, self-regulation, and ease in daily life.
The course will then examine two key principles of body awareness. First, participants will explore proprioception, including localized body awareness, the role of receptors throughout the body, and the growing clinical importance of fascia and soft tissue in proprioceptive processing. Discussion will include how different forms of sensory input influence the body, comparing traditional deep-touch approaches with more nuanced proprioceptive input, and examining how these differences may impact self-regulation and functional performance.
Second, participants will explore the map of the body in the brain, including what primary reflexes are, how they function within natural neurodevelopment, and how they contribute to the development of body mapping, movement patterns, postural patterns, and increasingly mature self-regulation. Throughout the day, Danielle will use demonstration-based teaching to bring these concepts to life.
Participants will observe clinical examples using the Return Touch Tool (slow-rising sensory foam tool) used to demonstrate the amount and quality of pressure used in self-regulation techniques while also serving as a practical self-regulation and co-regulation tool. The course will then move into the Return Touch Lab and its four stages, followed by implementation of Stability Points techniques, and clinical wrap-up.
By the end of the course, participants will leave with a more integrated understanding of body awareness and practical ideas for observation, assessment, intervention, and reassessment that can be applied across settings and ages.
Registrant note: Participants are encouraged to have a slow-rising sensory foam tool or toy available during the session for guided observation and hands-on practice. These are generally easy to purchase online. In this course, Danielle refers to this as the Return Touch Tool.
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About the Instructor
Danielle has more than 20 years of broad experience as an occupational therapist, working with children, teenagers, and adults through the lifespan. She is the founder of SensoryWellness LLC, a practice dedicated to working with adults and teenagers with regulation and sensory processing challenges.
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