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Susan Cosgrove is a single parent of three children with neurodevelopmental disorders, proudly raising her unique family in the spirit of neurodiversity.
As an active advocate in Toronto, Susan is focused on family-centred research and healthcare with an interest in using knowledge translation techniques to empower parents to share their unique family stories.
Mary DiFrancesco, RECE, is an early childhood educator at the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital’s Play and Learn nursery school.
As part of the early learning and development team, Mary provides specialized programming which supports children with a range of diagnosis including an autism diagnosis or those who are in the process of exploring a diagnosis.
Jill Gilders, OTA/PTA , is an occupational and physical therapy assistant who has been working at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital for six years.
Jill spends the school year working with clients between the age of 3 and 7 in the Integrated Education and Therapy program. During the summer, she works with youth aged 15 to 21 in the Youth at Work program.
Pamela Green, MHSc, RN(EC), is a pediatric nurse practitioner with 30 years of experience working with children and families in a variety of settings including neonatal intensive care, neonatal developmental follow-up, infancy and early childhood and early identification and diagnosis of developmental conditions including autism spectrum disorder (ASD) .
Kelly Hennessy, BKin, R.Kin, MSc Candidate, is the research co-ordinator for the Access ON Physical Literacy project at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Children.
Ishanee Jahagirdar, MScOT Reg. (Ont.), is an occupational therapist in the child development program working with children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and/or other developmental delays.
Ishanee has completed additional training in the areas of feeding, sensory processing, self-regulation and brain injury. She is passionate about collaboratively working with families to help children participate fully in everyday life.
Simmy Kassam, BScOT, MOT Reg. (Ont.), is an occupational therapist with 25 years of experience, currently working in the Child Development Program with children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as well as other developmental disorders.
Erica Laframboise, BCBA, is a board certified behavior analyst© who has been working with children and adolescents for over 15 years, specializing in those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other neurodevelopmental disorders.
Megan Lynch, MScOT, OT Reg. (Ont.), is an occupational therapist working in the Child Development Program and has worked extensively with children and youth in various roles.
Megan enjoys collaborating with children and their families to develop strategies that will meet their unique sensory processing needs. She has delivered parent workshops on topics including sensory processing, play skills and motor development.
