These are presentations to organizations that can be tailored to the group’s needs, schedule, and interests. Katie uses principles of our work at CAYA to influence culture, success, and growth in purposeful, engaging presentations. People enjoy Katie’s capacity to take complicated or uncomfortable topics and translate them to easily understood, applicable conversations.

Katie offers courses and classes within the CAYA clinic and also teaches part time at Western Michigan University’s Department of Occupational Therapy. These workshops and classes often are focused on teaching caregivers and clinicians best practices and functional strategies towards success with less stress. 

• Parent Workshop: Understanding and Supporting our Sensory Systems

• WMU Doctoral Course for OT Students: Trauma Responsive Sensory Integration

Katie has been invited by several local and national organizations to present at their conferences. Presentation topics are usually lead by the conference’s focus or Katie’s passion and desire to disseminate important information to a greater audience. 

• Barbara Rider OT Colloquium (2025): Stress: How Regulation Shapes the Way We Show Up

• Cystinosis Research Network Family Conference (2025): The Impact of Stress: A Presentation for Caregivers

• Rising Tide Conference (2023): Occupational Therapy and its Unique Role in Interdisciplinary Collaboration. 

• Barbara Rider OT Colloquium (2022): Lessons and Reflections from Working with Immigrant and Refugee Youth

• Michigan Public Health Institute (2021): Understanding the Impact of Trauma and its Effect on Functional Behavior