Laura Thompson, MScOT, OT Reg. (Ont.),  is a highly reputable Occupational Therapist with 15 years of experience working with babies, children, teens, young adults, and families. In addition to being the founder & owner of Real Life Pediatric Occupational Therapy, Laura remains a Team Lead  and Occupational Therapist at Canada’s largest pediatric rehabilitation hospital in Toronto. She engages regularly in teaching and is a status Lecturer at the University of Toronto’s Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy.

 

Laura has extensive experience working with young people who are at risk of developmental delays, have fine and gross motor challenges, Developmental Coordination Disorder, Down syndrome, physical disabilities including cerebral palsy and acquired brain injury, hemiplegia, intellectual disabilities, neuordiversity, autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, learning disabilities, complex medical needs, chronic health conditions, and mental health considerations. She has practiced in inpatient, outpatient, school, and community settings.

 

Laura has a strong passion for occupational therapy, connects authentically and non-judgementally with young people and their families, is playful and highly creative, and dedicated to driving the profession forward with current best practices.

 

She has additional training in solution-focused coaching, neurodiversity affirming approaches, trauma informed care, Cognitive Orientation to Daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP), sensory processing, Motor Learning approaches, positioning and handling (including Neurodevelopmetnal Treatment and child initiated movement therapies), feeding, Constraint Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT), Hand-Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy (HABIT), printing programs, writing aids and assistive technology, persistent concussion, chronic health condition management, life skills coaching, the transition to adulthood, program development, and generative leadership.

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