Course Title: Body Activated Learning™: A New Framework for Sensory Diets and Treatment Planning for Kids Living in a Screen-Based World – Part I
Presented by: Aubrey Schmalle OTR/L
Date & Time: Friday, March 20th, 2026 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM EST (15 minute break)
Location: 189 Wheatley Road, Brookville, NY 11545
This course is exclusively available to internal employees of Brookville Center for Children’s Services. Provided at no charge.
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Brookville Center for Children’s Services is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. PD activity approval ID# 14633. This live is offered at .275 CEUs, Introductory, OT Service Delivery, Foundational Knowledge. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
Course description: Neurologically diverse children growing up in a screen-based world struggle with self-regulation, attention, focus, and sustained participation in activity demands at baseline. The research shows that these difficulties are exacerbated by the effects of screen time on the developing brain. As an occupational therapist or physical therapist working in schools, interventions need to be accessible, dynamic, and targeted to maximize outcomes. This course will introduce you to a new framework for intervention while providing you with treatment progressions for session planning and templates for redesigning sensory diets. With this model, you will be able to improve team collaboration and cross-training while better addressing the complex needs of this generation of learners.
Content Disclosure: Proprietary framework- Body Activated Learning ™
Course Completion Requirements:
- Participants must be present for the duration of the course.
- Participant attendance will be verified by a sign-in sheet.
- Participants will be required to submit a course evaluation and quiz at the end of the session in order to be eligible to receive CEUs
- A certificate of completion will be issued at the conclusion of the program
- This course is not provided for partial credit
Target Audience: This workshop is intended for occupational and physical therapists working with children with developmental and neurosensory deficits 3-22 years of age.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Explain the elements of Body Activated Learning™ and their relevance to treatment planning in a digital world with added visual demands.
- Describe how multisensory integration informs learning and classroom performance.
- Gather and interpret data to inform treatment planning
About the Training (2.75 instructional hours)
8:30·9:30 · The Changing Profiles of a Digital Generation
9:30·10:00 · Understanding How the Senses Work Together to Inform Learning (Part A)
10:00·10:15 · Break (15 min)
10:15·11:00 · Understanding How the Senses Work Together (Part B)
11:00·11:45 · Body Activated Learning·: Framework & Elements (Intro)
About the Speaker(s): Aubrey is the owner of Sensational Achievements and has been specializing in evaluation and treatment of sensory processing disorders since 2005. She is certified in sensory integration theory and practice as well as has advanced clinical knowledge in the areas of functional visual skill development and sensory-based learning disabilities such as dysgraphia, dyspraxia, and deficits in executive functioning. She performs Independent Educational Evaluations in Occupational Therapy across 26 districts in CT. She currently presents four CEU courses through Theramoves addressing sensory supports, handwriting, intervention roadmaps and treatment progressions, and praxis from a neurosensory perspective. She has an online course available through PESI: Distracted and Disorganized Kids in a Digital Generation and a Certification in Tech Addiction in collaboration with Dr. Anthony Kardaris. Sensational Achievements launched Body Activated Learning ™ in 2015 with the goal of helping parents, teachers, and other professionals adapt their approach to supporting neurologically diverse children using sensory principles to optimize the brain and body for learning. Children growing up in a digital generation and post COVID world face unique challenges that require shifting your lens while creating integrated support plans that can benefit every child, regardless of their abilities. In November 2025, she published her new book Uniquely Human: Raising Leaders and Creators in a Digital World with the goal of helping more parents and adults who support children understand the unique challenges facing this generation and the 5 pillars needed to raise children that will thrive as adults in an AI world.
Financial Disclosure: Aubrey will receive a speaker fee as compensation for this presentation.
Non-Financial Disclosure: AOTA membership
Disability Statement: If you have a disability and may require specific accommodations in order to fully participate, please email CEdept@brookvillecenter.org, at least 10 calendar days prior to the event so appropriate arrangements can be made.
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Complaint Policy: If you are dissatisfied with any aspect of your continuing education experience, grievance(s) can be submitted in writing to CEdept@brookvillecenter.org.
