Unnati Pediatric Rehabilitation center
Module 1
Ayres Sensory Integration Theory
After the course, participants will be able to:
Define scientific theory, model and frame of reference
Recognize core principles and concepts of Ayres Sensory Integration® Theory
Describe the common patterns of sensory integration dysfunction and their proposed neural correlations
Describe the neurological structures and their functions involved in the process of sensory integration
Describe the relationship between sensory integration and participation in everyday activities and occupations
Describe the functional implications and occupational factors in relation to changes of sensory impairments
Discuss the praxis and its role in performance and behavior
Susanne Smith Roley OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA is an occupational therapist with over 40 years of experience in pediatric practice, specializing in child development, sensory integration, learning difficulties, visual impairment, and autism. She obtained her BS in OT at Indiana University, her MS in Allied Health Sciences at Boston University, and her doctorate in occupational therapy (OTD) at the University of Southern California.
Susanne is in private practice in Orange County, California serving children and families through evaluation and consultation services. She was certified in sensory integration in 1977, studied under Dr. A. Jean Ayres in 1981, and in 1998 co-founded and then directed the USC/WPS sensory integration certificate program for 14 years. She is currently the co-founder and president of the nonprofit organization, Collaborative for Leadership in Ayres Sensory Integration (CLASI), providing a sensory integration certificate education program, offered in many countries around the world.
Susanne is a past chair of the Commission on Practice and the Sensory Integration Special Interest Section for AOTA and a contributing author of the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework Domain and Process, 2002 and 2008. She is an internationally recognized author and lecturer and co-editor of the books, Understanding the Nature of Sensory Integration with Diverse Populations and Sensory Integration: Applying Clinical Reasoning to Diverse Populations. She is a fellow of the AOTA and recipient of the AOTF Virginia Scardina Award of Excellence and AOTF A. Jean Ayres Award.
Module 1 provides 30 hours of training and offers 3.0 CEUs. CLASI is an approved provider of continuing education units (CEU) by the American Occupational Therapy Association.
Register for the online module and start the lessons immediately. The convenient program allows you to work through the lessons at your own pace.
The online platform guides you through the lessons, supplemental videos, and assignments. The user-friendly system allows you to create your own account to manage all of your CLASI modules. You must have internet access that allows streaming to complete the lessons and must use an approved web browser. We recommend Safari, Microsoft Edge, or Firefox. Google Chrome and Internet Explorer are not supported. Online lessons are available for one year from the date of purchase, allowing you to return to the content to review and refine your understanding.
Learners must complete all M1 lessons, assignments and a final review quiz to fulfil the requirements for this module. Click here to view requirements and assignments for each CLASI module and the full CLASI Certificate in ASI program.
Module 2
Comprehensive Assessment in ASI
After the course, participants will be able to:
Describe an assessment plan for a client
Describe the evaluations appropriate to assess ASI constructs in all areas
Analyze the psychometric strength of the evaluations
Reliably administer the EASI and SPM
Understand the constructs tested by sensory-related measures
Design clinical observations of sensory integration constructs when standardized measures are not possible
Demonstrate competence in the application of clinical observations based on ASI
Identify whether an evaluation report meets the standard for structural elements on ASI Intervention Fidelity Measure
Zoe Mailloux, OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA.
Zoe is a founding partner, alongside Susanne Smith Roley, of the Collaborative for Leadership in Ayres Sensory Integration (CLASI). She has participated in test development and clinical research related to sensory integrative dysfunction and autism and she was a research assistant to Dr. A. Jean Ayres from 1978 to 1984 during which time she was involved in many clinical and research projects with Dr. Ayres. Zoe has more than 30 years of experience in non-profit management and she is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy, Jefferson School of Health Professions at Thomas Jefferson University. She is also in private practice and consults on a variety of projects including program and professional development. Zoe has published numerous journal articles and textbook chapters and has received a number of professional awards, including being named a fellow of AOTA in 1993. She also received an award of excellence from the Autism Research Foundation, the Wilma West Lectureship at the University of Southern California and the A. Jean Ayres Award and the Virginia Scardina Award of Excellence from the American Occupational Therapy Foundation. Zoe is interested in innovative practice that will enhance life satisfaction in new and effective ways for children and their families.
Module 2 provides 30 hours of training and offers 3.0 CEUs. CLASI is an approved provider of continuing education units (CEU) by the American Occupational Therapy Association.
Register for the online module and start the lessons immediately. The convenient program allows you to work through the lessons at your own pace.
The online platform guides you through the lessons, supplemental videos and assignments. The user-friendly system allows you to create your own account to manage all of your CLASI modules. You must have internet access that allows streaming to complete the lessons and must use an approved web browser. We recommend Safari, Microsoft Edge, or Firefox. Google Chrome and Internet Explorer are not supported. Online lessons are available for one year from the date of purchase, allowing you to return to the content to review and refine your understanding.
Click here to view requirements and assignments for each CLASI module and the full CLASI Certificate in ASI program.
Module 3
Hands-on Comprehensive Assessment in ASI
After the course, participants will be able to:
Describe an assessment plan for a client
Describe the evaluations appropriate to assess ASI constructs in all areas
Analyze the psychometric strength of the evaluations
Reliably administer the EASI and SPM
Understand the constructs tested by sensory-related measures
Design clinical observations of sensory integration constructs when standardized measures are not possible
Demonstrate competence in the application of clinical observations based on ASI
Identify whether an evaluation report meets the standard for structural elements on ASI Intervention Fidelity Measure
Module 3 provides 30 hours of training and offers 3.0 CEUs. CLASI is an approved provider of continuing education units (CEU) by the American Occupational Therapy Association.
Click here to view requirements and assignments for each CLASI module and the full CLASI Certificate in ASI program.
Module 4
Clinical Reasoning Using ASI
After the course, participants will be able to:
Describe the patterns of sensory integration function and dysfunction
Analyze and interpret assessment results according to the patterns of SI function and dysfunction
Relate the data obtained through the application of the instruments with the difficulties of occupational performance of the individual
Identify client-centred goals and objectives from presenting concerns linked to the interpretation
Create the intervention plan based on the evaluation performed
Describe how the intervention will be conducted, as well as various contexts for children identified with sensory dysfunction
Zoe Mailloux, OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA.
Zoe is a founding partner, alongside Susanne Smith Roley, of the Collaborative for Leadership in Ayres Sensory Integration (CLASI). She has participated in test development and clinical research related to sensory integrative dysfunction and autism and she was a research assistant to Dr. A. Jean Ayres from 1978 to 1984 during which time she was involved in many clinical and research projects with Dr. Ayres. Zoe has more than 30 years of experience in non-profit management and she is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy, Jefferson School of Health Professions at Thomas Jefferson University. She is also in private practice and consults on a variety of projects including program and professional development. Zoe has published numerous journal articles and textbook chapters and has received a number of professional awards, including being named a fellow of AOTA in 1993. She also received an award of excellence from the Autism Research Foundation, the Wilma West Lectureship at the University of Southern California and the A. Jean Ayres Award and the Virginia Scardina Award of Excellence from the American Occupational Therapy Foundation. Zoe is interested in innovative practice that will enhance life satisfaction in new and effective ways for children and their families.
Financial/Nonfinancial disclosure for Zoe Mailloux , OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA:
Financial-Author of M4 materials and receives royalty payments from CLASI for this module. Author of other modules in the CLASI Certificate in ASI (CLASI CASI) program for which she receives royalty payments. Instructor for other CLASI CASI modules for which she receives honorarium payments.
Nonfinancial– Founding Partner and Board of Directors: CLASI. Receives no compensation for board membership. Author of the Evaluation in Ayres Sensory Integration (EASI). Receives no compensation from the EASI.
Module 4 provides 30 hours of training and offers 3.0 CEUs. CLASI is an approved provider of continuing education units (CEU) by the American Occupational Therapy Association.
Register for the online module and start the lessons immediately. The convenient program allows you to work through the lessons at your own pace.
The online platform guides you through the lessons, supplemental videos and assignments. The user-friendly system allows you to create your own account to manage all of your CLASI modules. You must have internet access that allows streaming to complete the lessons and must use an approved web browser. We recommend Safari, Microsoft Edge, or Firefox. Google Chrome and Internet Explorer are not supported.
Online lessons are available for one year from the date of purchase, allowing you to return to the content to review and refine your understanding.
Click here to view requirements and assignments for each CLASI module and the full CLASI Certificate in ASI program.
Module 5
Evidence-based ASI Intervention Including Fidelity to Intervention
After the course, participants will be able to:
Apply clinical reasoning in the design and implementation of intervention for individuals with sensory integration difficulties or dysfunction
Link the hypothesis from the assessment with therapeutic proximal goals toward meeting proximal, participation-related outcomes.
Use dynamic assessment while working with clients to refine the intervention during treatment
Name the process elements of the ASI Intervention Fidelity Measure
Describe the way in which the process elements interact during a direct intervention session
Explain the relationship between the activities and the facilitation of adaptive responses;
Explain the importance of the client’s motivation and active involvement during the intervention;
Discuss the benefits and limitations of ASI intervention with a wide variety of diagnostic groups, ages, and types of difficulties;
Demonstrate the way in which sensory strategies are implemented in various contexts, including the home, school, and the community.
Susanne Smith Roley OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA.
Susanne is an occupational therapist with over 40 years of experience in pediatric practice, specializing in child development, sensory integration, learning difficulties, visual impairment, and autism. She obtained her BS in OT at Indiana University, her MS in Allied Health Sciences at Boston University, and her doctorate in occupational therapy (OTD) at the University of Southern California.
Susanne is in private practice in Orange County, California serving children and families through evaluation and consultation services. She was certified in sensory integration in 1977, studied under Dr. A. Jean Ayres in 1981, and in 1998 co-founded and then directed the USC/WPS sensory integration certificate program for 14 years. She is currently the co-founder and president of the nonprofit organization, Collaborative for Leadership in Ayres Sensory Integration (CLASI), providing a sensory integration certificate education program, offered in many countries around the world.
Susanne is a past chair of the Commission on Practice and the Sensory Integration Special Interest Section for AOTA and a contributing author of the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework Domain and Process, 2002 and 2008. She is an internationally recognized author and lecturer and co-editor of the books, Understanding the Nature of Sensory Integration with Diverse Populations and Sensory Integration: Applying Clinical Reasoning to Diverse Populations. She is a fellow of the AOTA and recipient of the AOTF Virginia Scardina Award of Excellence and AOTF A. Jean Ayres Award.
Module 5 provides 30 hours of training and offers 3.0 CEUs. CLASI is an approved provider of continuing education units (CEU) by the American Occupational Therapy Association.
Register for the online module and start the lessons immediately. The convenient program allows you to work through the lessons at your own pace.
The online platform guides you through the lessons, supplemental videos and assignments. The user-friendly system allows you to create your own account to manage all of your CLASI modules. You must have internet access that allows streaming to complete the lessons and must use an approved web browser. We recommend Safari, Microsoft Edge, or Firefox. Google Chrome and Internet Explorer are not supported.
Online lessons are available for one year from the date of purchase, allowing you to return to the content to review and refine your understanding.
Click here to view requirements and assignments for each CLASI module and the full CLASI Certificate in ASI program.
Module 6
Evidence-based ASI Intervention Hands-on Practice and Review
After the course, participants will be able to:
Apply clinical reasoning in the design and implementation of intervention for individuals with sensory integration difficulties or dysfunction
Link the hypothesis from assessment with therapeutic proximal goals toward meeting proximal, participation-related outcomes
Use dynamic assessment while working with clients to refine the intervention during treatment
Name the process elements of the ASI Intervention Fidelity Measure
Describe the ways in which the process elements interact during a direct intervention session
Explain the relationship between the activities and the facilitation of adaptive responses
Explain the importance of the client’s motivation and active involvement during the intervention
Discuss the benefits and limitations of ASI intervention with a wide variety of diagnostic groups, ages, and types of difficulties
Demonstrate the way in which sensory strategies are implemented in various contexts, including the home, school, and community.
Module 6 provides 30 hours of training and offers 3.0 CEUs. CLASI is an approved provider of continuing education units (CEU) by the American Occupational Therapy Association.
Click here to view requirements and assignments for each CLASI module and the full CLASI Certificate in ASI program.
