At Collaborative Approach Therapy Services (CATS) we believe in working as a team, with parents as the captain. We offer the supports and services that YOU want to receive; including 1:1 regularly scheduled treatment or short term consultation in clinic, home or community. We can offer guidance to understand which services are the best options for your family. We will take the time to understand your goals, needs, and barriers. We pride ourselves in being open, honest and flexible.Collaborative Approach Therapy Services offers a unique opportunity for independence and team collaboration. The ability to access other OTs in the field opens up a wealth of experience, resources, problem solving and mentorship. Therapists own and operate their own clinics, but belong to a supportive team of professionals, resulting in a balance of independence and team, supporting both the therapist and the clients.

CATS Network supports OTs to have the opportunity, freedom and pride of their own clinic without the loneliness, inefficiencies and redundancies of reinventing the wheel

Offering Occupational Therapy to children and adolescents at Pathways Therapy.Treatment can occur with children in their homes, in schools, the community and in our own clinic. We have a sensory gym which was built with kids in mind!My passion is in the area of Sensory Integration TherapySensory integration therapy is an area of occupational therapy aimed at children who are over or under sensitive to their environment. It is particularly effective with children who face learning difficulties such as autism, Asperger’s syndrome, and ADHD.Sensory integration therapy takes place in a specially designed room in our facilities. This room is filled with equipment designed to stimulate and challenge the senses and includes a suspended spandex cocoon that allows children who are extremely sensitive to touch.We also have a platform swing and trampoline to improve coordination and balance, weights and other equipment designed specifically for use by children.

My clinical practice focuses on sensory integration, school readiness, independent living skills and group social skills. I am certified in Therapeutic Listening and Handwriting Without Tears and have experience using the CO-OP (Cognitive Orientation of Occupational Performance) approach with children within treatment. As well, I am currently in the process of obtaining my Sensory Integration Praxis Test (SIPT) certification. In role as an Occuptaional therapist I am flexible and take an interdisciplinary approach to intervention which allows me to focus on the needs of the child and family in order to maximize session and work towards reaching their treatment goals. Within the Kitchener Waterloo community I has been involved in presentations through the Waterloo Region Family Network, YMCA and Waterloo Regional Downs Syndrome Society.