Health & Day Care
 
 
 
 

Health & Daily Care

From mealtimes to vaccines and everything in between, this information will help you establish routines for the day to day needs of your child.

 
My Community
 
 
 
 

My Community

Connect to a network of parents and professionals and develop your own support network of peers and advisors.

 
Establishing Services
 
 
 
 

Establishing Services

Don't know where to start? Overwhelmed by all the acronyms? Learn how to navigate the system of care and tips on preparing for IEPs.

 
Meet Our Experts
 
 
 
 

Meet Our Experts

Our panel of experts combine medical and therapeutic perspectives with years of experience working passionately alongside famiiles and children with special needs.

 
Tools & Resources
 
 
 
 

Tools & Resources

A library of resources, reference links and easy to print guidelines for you to post on the fridge and share with others!

 
Love, Laugh & Live
 
 
 
 

Love, Laugh, & Live

This section is devoted to our amazing moms. It's ok, in fact we encourage you to laugh and develop goals for YOURSELF! Share your secrets of sanity and be encouraged to take time for you!

 

Cassy Christianson, OTR/L

Cassy Christianson, OT, is a licensed occupational therapist (University of Florida) and a credentialed feeding and swallowing specialist with experience in g-tube weaning and sensory feeding issues. She has extensive graduate work in therapy for multi-sensory impairments (deaf-blind) as well as advanced training in Neurodevelopmental treatment (NDT), oral-motor therapy (Beckman, Boshart and Rosenfeld-Johnson methods). Her professional interests include prematurity, motor development, and bilingual education.

Christianson was the Director of Children's Services at the largest non-profit serving people with disabilities in San Mateo County of California (Community Gatepath), where she was instrumental in the start up of their fully inclusive preschool (Learning Links). Prior to Community Gatepath, she was an Occupational Therapist at Stanford: Packard Children's Hospital. Christianson currently consults for CommunityGatepath and is the Content director for AbilityPath.org.

Cassy Christianson lives in Northern California with her husband and three young sons in a bilingual home. She enjoys yoga and hiking.

 
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