Shelley Margow MS.OTR/L presents “Is This My Child? Sensory Integration Simplified”
This event is part of the lecture series accompanying the exhibition Caitlin Tabilog ’18 at Academy at North Fulton, on view in Center Gallery, March 19-April 24, 2016.
Shelley Margow, MS.OTR/L is the owner and clinical director of Children’s Therapy Works, a pediatric private therapy practice in Roswell, Ga. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in occupational therapy at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa and received her post-professional master’s degree from Sargent College at Boston University. Mrs. Margow has certifications in Sensory Integration and Praxis Test, Samonas Sound Therapy, Sensory Learning Program, Fast ForWord, and Integrated Listening Systems. She is currently enrolled at Sargent College, Boston University doctoral program for occupational therapy.
In 2010, she started a pilot school to meet the needs of children with dyspraxia, learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorders and more. Now named the Academy at North Fulton, the accredited, nonprofit school provides innovative, integrated, and top-quality therapeutic services for grades K-12, addressing and facilitating the child’s most effective way of learning, and helping to establish the confidence they need to progress in an academic setting.
Ms. Margow has developed training programs for occupational, speech and physical therapists and published articles for Georgia Occupational Therapy Association, local magazines and online media. She has lectured therapists, teachers and parents on integrating sensory integration and oral-motor techniques. Ms. Margow has also presented at the National Down Syndrome Congress and at the Autism Avenue: 2013 Regional “Possibilities & Potential” Autism/Asperger Conference. She was featured as a “She’ro” in the North Fulton Women’s Magazine (December 2013) and again in the January addition. In August 2014, Shelley published her first book, Is this my child? Sensory Integration Simplified.
General admission is $5; free for OUMA members or with a Petrel Pass