Professional Development Day Courses
About the Presenter: Heather Lynn Boerner MA CCC/SLP
For over two decades Heather has treated a wide array of speech, language, pragmatic and feeding diagnoses, as well as medically-complex cases in hospitals, schools, and home care settings, as well as in community & institutional settings, and within a variety of out-patient clinic settings.
Heather is founder and creator of a private practice in Manhattan, New York. Her clinic, Chatty Child Speech, Occupational & Physical Therapy, PLLC, provides high quality speech, occupational, and physical therapy, as well as social groups and creative arts classes to the community.
Heather is also co-creator of InterAct: Theatre and Therapy Lab ™ along with Gianna Cioffi, MS/ED, which is an inclusive therapist-led creative arts & therapy class offered at Chatty Child. Heather is also creator & founder of Hum Studios New York LLC which hosts online and in person mindfulness classes for persons of all ages and abilities.
Heather is a specialist in Early Childhood speech and language development who provides professional development courses to schools, has authored a children’s book: The Learning Adventures of Carrie the Colorful Chameleon, and is a trained and certified mindfulness teacher, yoga instructor and energy healer. Heather is now available to schools, companies and hospitals for Professional Development Day Topics.
Creative Pathways to Learning Success™
Professional Development Course for Schools, Hospitals, Communities. Download the PDF.
Heather Has Given Lectures and Courses at These Institutions:
- NYU Child Study Center
- North Shore
- University Hospital
- Adelphi University
- Hofstra University
- Stuyvesant Heights Montessori
- Tribeca Community School
- JCP Early Childhood Center
- The Path – Meditation & Mindfulness MTT – Teacher Training Course &
- many other community centers, headstart programs, schools, hospitals & healing spaces.
Heather’s Current Professional Day Topic Is:
Creative Pathways to Learning Success:™ How to Use Mindfulness Exercises, Nervous System Regulation Tools & Yoga Practices: To Improve Student Engagement & Growth!
This course explores how to use mindfulness, poly vagal theory, nervous system regulation tools, and yoga practices to improve calm, learning and growth in the classroom. In this course we explain the practices and benefits of each technique and practical applications for students in the classroom, closing with an open Q/A.
Professional Development Day Includes:
Lecture, Handouts, Practice Labs & Closing Discussions & Q/A
Kindly Note: Professional Development Day Lecture can be tailored for your specific community needs.
Reach out today for a discovery call and to learn more about how we can help educate and support your community and staff today.
Please email: heatherb@chattychild.com, call 347.491.4451, or visit www.chattychild.com to discuss and curate a personalized professional development day for your community, today.
Ms. Heather Also Consults with Schools, Institutions and Hospitals For Screenings and Extra Student Support
Heather frequently consults in person with schools within New York State by:
- Performing screenings of entire classrooms & identifying children in need of speech, language, pragmatic or feeding therapy support.
- Providing resources for quality special needs support and therapeutic management of complex cases.
Heather also consults with schools regionally & worldwide in person and online to:
- Provide advice and support to provide an inclusive learning environment.
- Provide a reading of her book: “Carrie the Colorful Chameleon” for preschoolers with a Q&A for children and staff.
- Provides ideas for Creative Pathways to Learning Success™ through inclusive learning activities and practices.
- Creating a Hum Studios New York ™ wellness & healing tool box for staff or students that includes mindfulness & meditation exercises to foster community engagement & improve overall emotional and self regulation skills.
Consulting with Families:
Heather Lynn Boerner, M.A.,CCC/SLP, TSHH consults, provides advice, and advocates with & for domestic and global based families on the following areas of concern below. Heather is available remotely or families can choose to travel locally, from other areas of the country or the globe to seek Heather’s expertise in person.
Heather is available remotely for consultative advice or families can choose to travel in-person to the Chatty Child Clinic in New York City for an in-person consultation and direct treatment sessions.
A fully-coded invoice can be provided for in-person treatment sessions for out-of-network reimbursement, following payment to Chatty Child. A list of nearby hotels, cultural institutions, and inclusive activities in the area can be provided upon request.
Ms. Heather Consults with Therapists, Teachers & Other Medical Health Professionals:
Heather consults with peer Speech Language Pathologists and other Allied Health Professionals on medically-complex or difficult or challenging cases.
She has 25-plus years experience working as a Speech-Language Pathologist. She has worked in a variety of settings including: hospitals, schools, sensory gyms, clinics, in-home care, and in her own private practice in New York City – Chatty Child.™
She leverages her own unique perspectives as a fellow Speech-Language Pathologist and as a person with a life-long disability.
Contact us today to curate a bespoke Professional Development Day Program or Consultation for your school, community or institution, today.
Please email: heatherb@chattychild.com, call 347.491.4451, or visit www.chattychild.com to discuss and curate a personalized professional development day or consultation for your community, today.
