This workshop series is a culmination of work over 4+ decades of combined experience in the field of pediatrics. It offers the opportunity of truly becoming a developmental specialist, looking at the whole child across multiple perspectives. Maude Le Roux partners with Millicent Viljoen, an occupational therapist, and a mother, through this series of workshops. Through Covid19 Millicent, residing in the UK, recorded her precious little girl every day to send to her family in South Africa so all could feel a part of her newfound motherhood and baby. As Maude provides the clinical information from research, her experience, and workshops, Millicent will be interviewed as a mother and discuss her growth and decisions she had to make, while also showing recorded samples of her child’s development. The four tracks will follow her development from birth to 24 months wherein much development takes place including research and science, and the emotional wonder of motherhood. The information shared will be rich in understanding of children of all ages. Parents and professionals working with any age will benefit, as so many children struggling with developmental delay display areas of “stuckness” in these early experiences.

This workshop series will be hosted over a 12-month period and consist of 4 terms of 3 months each, during which recorded webinars and live sessions would be scheduled as noted below. All live sessions will be recorded and made available to attendees registered in the program.

Who should attend this program:

• Clinical professionals working in the 0-to-18-year age and stage range
• A need to chase the “why” of a student / child’s behavior and consider developmental influences
• Describe different stages of development in sensori-motor, reflexes, socio-emotional, activities of daily living, communication and language, cognitive skills and milestone development
• Gain the latest research from all frames of references looking at the whole child concerning what is typical development and what does it look like in older ages and stages if it was not attained
• Obtain added pieces of information such as why “biting” is developmentally appropriate, learn how empathy develops, how important peek-a-book and hide and seek games are. The course material looks at all stages of play and playfulness
• Consider what truly is typical development so goal expectations can be measured with reality and objectivity
• Parents can also join us on this journey of discovery bearing in mind that discussions will be clinical in nature

For OT: NOTCB accreditation has been applied for

Other professions: Certificate of attendance 

Outline / Agenda:

Attendees do not have to sign up for the year but can choose different terms they would like to attend.

First Term January through March 2025

Track 1: From utero to 3 months

Recorded Webinars released on January 1, 2025

(each webinar 75 minutes long – watch on demand as individual timetable allows)

1. What happened in Utero?
2. Foundational reflex integration
3. Attachment

Live session for cohort:  Tuesday, January 28, 2025, from 10am to 12pm US ET (2 hours)

The live sessions will be held on different times of day throughout the year to accommodate for international time zones. The goal of the live sessions would be to discuss clinical cases from the audience to which the foundational developmental milestones may continue to have an impact. Attendees may also formulate questions based on the recorded material for discussion. Live sessions will be recorded and posted on the website for review within one week of the live session.

Recorded Webinars released on January 29, 2025

4. Attunement and Sense of Self
5. Sensory Systems
6. Feeding for growth

Live session for cohort:  Tuesday, February 25, 2025, from 3 to 5pm ET (2 hours)

Recorded Webinars released on February 26, 2025

7. Nourishing Sleep
8. When Trauma happens…

Live session for cohort:  Wednesday, March 19, 2025, from 7 to 9pm (2 hours) 

Second Term April through June 2025

Track 2: From 4 to 9 months

Recorded Webinars released on April 1, 2025

(each webinar 75 minutes long – watch on demand as individual timetable allows)

9. Sensory and Gross Motor Skills
10. Reflex Integration

Live session for cohort:  Tuesday, April 22, 2025, from 10am to 12pm ET

Recorded Webinars released on April 23, 2025

11. Socio-emotional development
12. Communication and Language

Live session for cohort: Tuesday, May 27, 2025, from 3 to 5pm ET 

Recorded Webinars released on May 28, 2025

13. Feeding and Sleeping
14. Building Cognition and Problem-solving skills

Live session for cohort: Wednesday, June 25, 2025, from 7 to 9pm ET (2 hours)

Third Term July through September 2025

Track 3: From 10 to 18 months

Recorded Webinars released on July 1, 2025

15. Sensory and Gross Motor Skills
16. Reflex Integration

Live session for cohort: Tuesday, July 29, 2025, from 10 to 12pm ET (2 hours)

Recorded Webinars released on July 30, 2025

17. Socio-Emotional Development
18. Communication and Language

Live session for cohort: Tuesday August 19, 2025, from 3 to 5pm ET (2 hours)

Recorded Webinars released on August 20, 2025

19. Activities of Daily Living
20. Building Cognition and Problem-solving Skills 

Live session for cohort:  September 30 from 3 to 5pm ET (2hours) 

Fourth Term October through December 2025

Track 4: From 19 to 24 months

Recorded Webinars released on October 1, 2025

21. Sensory, Reflexes (Final Integration), and Gross Motor Skills
22. Play and Socio-Emotional Development

Live session for cohort: Wednesday, October 29, 2025, from 7 to 9pm ET (2 hours)

Recorded Webinars released on October 30, 2025

23. The DIR/Floortime Functional Emotional Capacities
24. Communication and Language

Live session for cohort:  Tuesday, November 18 from 10 to 12pm ET (2 hours)

Recorded Webinars released on November 19, 2025

25. Activities of Daily Living
26. Building Cognition and Problem-Solving Skills

Final live session for cohort: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 from 3 to 5pm ET (2 hours)

Learning Objectives: (Applies to all 4 terms)

1. Appraise the impact of parent mental health on the different stages of development, the importance of modelling, attunement and attachment
2. Differentiate sensory and motor development over 4 terms of development to influence critical thinking at older ages and stages
3. Define the impact of reflex integration over the first two years of life and impact on developing physically, socially, and emotionally
4. Review 4 styles of attachment and its impact on the developing relationships and socio-emotional skills
5. List 100+ different milestones in all areas of development to consider in assessment and objective goal setting.
6. Integrate crucial milestones that set up the ability to build communication, language and social skill considering these very early years
7. List the different steps of developing empathy which impacts strongly on relationships, socio-emotional development and our ability to work creatively in a group setting, such as a classroom, preventing bullying etc.
8. Extrapolate on different aspects of feeding development, expectations at different ages and stages, its impact on both physical and socio-emotional skills
9. Discuss the impact of the developing brain on activities of daily living, such as sleeping, grooming, getting dressed to support critical thinking regarding function and wellbeing
10. Describe the impact of cognitive development on different areas of function, including building problem-solving skill, curiosity and creativity

Assessment: Completion of Feedback Form

Provider Name: The Maude Le Roux Academy

Presenter: Maude Le Roux, OTR/L, SIPT, International Trainer

Bio: Maude Le Roux is a global trainer in multiple methodologies and a support and mentor to therapists from multidisciplinary teams. She opened her practice, A Total Approach in Glen Mills. PA in 2001, and the satellite office in Allentown, PA in 2023. Maude started her training career in 2007 and opened her online academy in 2019. She has designed the Developmental Pathways Model (DPM), which she applies to her own unique assessment and intervention protocol for major diagnosis such as Dyspraxia, ADHD and Executive Functions, Autism, Reading and Writing Disorders, and Trauma and Attachment. Maude served 9 years on the Board of Directors for ATTACh and currently serves on their Advisory Board. Maude also serves on the Advisory Board for LSWorks (Neuralign program). She is a co-author of two books and more recently wrote a chapter on Trauma and the Body in “Healing Connections” which launched in September 2024. Maude received an award for “Continued child advocacy” through the ATTACh organization in September 2024. Maude has a “whole child” approach to care and intervention and equipping the child, while empowering the parent is at the core of who she is as a clinician and a mentor.

Special Needs Accommodation: We invite anyone who may need a specific accommodation to contact [email protected] and we will do our best to accommodate your needs.

Cancellation policy: Payment is due in full upon registration through Square on this website. If cancelling registration up to 30 days ahead, only a $25 administration fee will be needed. If cancelling up to two weeks before commencement date, the cancellation fee will be 25%. Cancellation in the final two weeks leading up to commencement will result in a 50% cancellation fee. Please contact [email protected] if you have any further questions in this regard.

Target Audience: Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, Physical Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Educators, Parents 

Educational Level: Intermediary 

Instructional Methods: PowerPoint, Group Discussion, Video

Contact Hours: First term:

75 minutes per recorded webinar and 2 hours each live session

10 hours + 6 hours live sessions

Second, Third, and Fourth term:

7 hours, 30 minutes + 6 hours live sessions each.

Combine all 4 terms:

32 hours and 30 minutes recorded material + 24 hours live sessions

Fee:

$1200 for all 4 terms ($24 per training hour)

$400 if paying per term (Contact Maude [email protected] for invoice and access)