The webinar – the fifth in the LCRN’s series on “Occupational Therapy and MCH: An Emerging Partnership to Improve Early Family Experiences and Life Course Health Development” – features Amy Lynch, PhD, OTR/L, SCFES. Dr. Lynch is an assistant professor in the School of Public Health in the Occupational Therapy Department at Temple University, and the Clinic Coordinator of the International Adoption Health Program at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Lynch has clinical expertise in children who have experienced neglect, abuse, and institutionalization, children with autism, and children with sensory integration problems, feeding/oral motor dysphagia, brain injury, and cerebral palsy. The webinar will examine the impact of early adversity and trauma upon the occupational development and success of children developing in an atypical environment, including the "ripple effect" across the lifespan.
The webinar will take place on February 11, 2016 from 9-10am PT. Registration is required.