April Christopherson & Others

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April Christopherson, OTR/L, is an occupational therapist with over 25 years of experience working with diverse populations and treating various development disorders with groundbreaking neuroplasticity techniques. Her vast experience includes being:

  • Director of OT, and director of training and development for The Shandy Clinic in Colorado Springs, CO
  • Founder of Exploration Kids Therapy in Colorado Clinical Advisory
  • Board Member for Interactive Metronome Corporation
  • A member of both the Advanced Brain Technologies and Interactive Metronome adjunct faculty.
  • Worldwide trainer in the introductory and advanced fields of Neuroplasticity and Development.

Robert Constantine, OTR/L, is a dedicated occupational therapist of 20 years who focuses on visual and neurological rehabilitation, and is the only OT to be a member of the High Performance Vision Associates, an elite group of sports vision optometrists.

Mr. Constantine focuses on the treatment of eye movement disorders in neurotypical and special needs children in his work at the Pearl Nelson Child Development Center, and has participated in sports vision screenings at IMG Academy, Hendricks Motorsports and on the LPGA tour. He is a leading developer for drag-racing specific glasses that have been successful in NHRA Sportsman drag racing, and has worked with elite NHRA racers, golfers and sporting clays champions.

He’s also a member of the Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association, a unique interdisciplinary organization that brings together the tools of optometry, occupational and physical therapy to improve outcomes for patients with neurological diagnoses.

Mary Asper, MS, CCC-SLP, is a dyslexia expert with over 40 years of experience treating all ages, and holds a certification from the American Speech-Language Association.

She has developed strategies to address linguistic, cognitive and social concerns based on best-practice recommendations and current neuro-scientific findings, through her work with students from the early grades through high school. She is highly skilled in the diagnosis, program development and implementation, therapeutic intervention and professional development for SLPs and educators in dyslexia circles.

For the last 10 years, Ms. Asper’s focus has been on developing and implementing effective techniques and strategies to help students with language learning disabilities succeed in school. She also runs Codding Hollow Associates, Inc. and coordinates a team of professionals who serve students with severe language learning disabilities and communication disorders.

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