Georgia is an occupational therapist who was born and raised on beautiful Vancouver Island in the city of Nanaimo. She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Master of Science degree in Occupational Therapy at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. She has previous experience as a community support worker with neurodivergent individuals. A few of her clinical interests include self-regulation and sensory processing, which were extensively addressed through clinical and community development placements throughout her education. She addresses these areas in working with clients to promote self-awareness, self-advocacy skills, and positive self-identity. Georgia believes these areas are foundational to fostering good mental health, which is crucial for meaningful occupational engagement. She takes an interest-based approach in working with all her clients to support intrinsic motivation in pursuing occupational goals. Georgia is known for her dedication to pushing her clinical skills, constantly researching and learning, and finding creative and neurodiversity affirming solutions for her clients. Her leisure pursuits include mountain biking, hiking, snowboarding, and baking nutritious and delicious treats to fuel her active lifestyle.
Georgia has completed the following professional development courses:
- Therapeutic Listening ®
- Alert Program ®
- Practical Cutting Edge Interventions for Improving Executive Function Skills in Students, Foundations class – Sarah Ward
- Effective Interventions for Improving Executive Functioning Skills in Children/Students, Master Class-Sarah Ward
- Embedding Instruction into Daily Routine and Activities- Autism Community Training
- Strategies for Executive Function: Teaching Organizational Concepts and Skills: Modules 1 through 4- Michelle Garcia Winner
- Sensory Processing and Sensory-based Interventions for children- Canadian Association of Occupational Therapy
- A Multisensory Approach to Pre-K-Learning Without Tears ®
- K-2 Print Workshop-Handwriting Without Tears ®
- Teaching Students How to Schedule their Time-Sarah Ward and Kristen Jacobsen
- Goal Setting that Works (founded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)-Randy Paterson
- Making Sense of Anxiety-Dr. Gordon Neufeld
- The Interoception Curriculum-Kelly Mahler
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Toileting, Interoception, and Nutrition: an Evidence-based Approach for promoting toileting success and independence-Kelly Mahler
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Unsafe, Unheard, and Misunderstood: Trauma from Being Atypical Living in a Typical Word-Kelly Mahler
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Neurodiversity Affirming OT practice-An Autism CE Summit -Margaret Proctor, Founder of Learn Play Thrive
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The Get Permission Approach to Anxious Eaters, Anxious Mealtimes -Marsha Dunn Klein, Get Permission Institute
