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Professional Courses (with CEU credits available) | Individual/Parent Courses
Foundations of Development
This course introduces participants to the foundations of development: sensory processing, regulation, and relationship. It explores the neurological, behavioral, and functional ties that each of these foundations has with one another. Course available for everyone.
School-based Intensive
The course provides a comprehensive understanding of the application of sensory processing theory and intervention in the schools. Specific focus is given to educationally relevant evaluation, intervention, and collaboration with educators. Course for OT Practitioners.
Intensive Mentorships
Learn sensory-based treatment strategies from the best in the field! Be mentored by experienced STAR Institute faculty and their handpicked treatment staff. Hybrid (online + live-streamed) programs are available throughout the year. Course for OTs, PTs, and Speech Therapists.
SOS Feeding
This 4-day Conference provides training in the SOS Approach to Feeding, a transdisciplinary program for assessing and treating children with feeding difficulties and weight/growth problems of all ages. Course available for everyone.
Monthly Webinar Series
Check out our monthly webinars, which are also recorded and added to our Course Catalog.
Online Learning
The latest pre-recorded, online courses covering Sensory Processing. Topics for parents, caregivers, educators and clinicians.
Workshops/Speaking Engagements
Our faculty teach basic and advanced workshops to organizations all over the world. View our upcoming workshops/speaking engagements in various locations!
Community Workshops
Attend our FREE Community Workshop series for parents and caregivers, presented in person and also live-streamed and recorded for later access.
STAR Sensory Symposium
Upcoming Events
Virtual Summit: Sensory Processing in Autism
June 9-12, 2021
2021 STAR Sensory Symposium: Safety and Sensation - Neuroception and Sensory Processing
November 12-13, 2021
Virtual Summit: Sensory Processing in ADHD
Thursdays - August 26, September 2 and September 9, 2021
Educational Reach
STAR Institute is dedicated to global education for Sensory Processing Disorder and creating a world in which everyone with SPD is able to receive treatment. With SPD affecting at least 1 in 20 children, it is not only professionals in the field of Occupational Therapy who need education on this subject, but also parents, care givers, extended family, friends, educators, employers, mental health providers, other medical professionals, and politicians. Since 2007, the STAR Institute Education Center has educated over 12,750 people from 45 states and 18 countries with thousands more attending workshops/speaking engagements around the world.