Julie is the Assistant Director of the Occupational Therapy department at PCDA. She received both her B.A. in Psychobiology and Master of Occupational Therapy degree from Chatham College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She works with children with a variety of occupational therapy needs, including being a member of the interdisciplinary feeding team. Julie has her Advanced Practice in Swallowing Assessment, Evaluation, and Intervention from the California Board of Occupational Therapy. Julie's treatment strategies focus on combining both sensory motor learning and Greenspan's DIR "FloortimeTM" approach.