Fall 2025 ISHA Student Webinar: Rethinking Behavior: An OT–SLP Collaborative Paradigm for Sensory Integration and Support
On October 22nd at 7:00 p.m., ISHA is hosting our next student webinar titled Rethinking Behavior: An OT-SLP Collaborative Paradign for Sensory Integration Support.
This one-hour interdisciplinary session introduces therapy students to a new way of understanding children’s behavior. Instead of viewing behavior simply as something to be “managed,” participants will explore how behavior reflects underlying sensory processing, regulation, and communication needs. Co-presented by an occupational therapist and a speech-language pathologist, the course highlights how these two professions can work together to better support children and families.
Students will learn how sensory integration and communication challenges influence frustration, motivation, and participation in daily routines. Real-life case examples will show how OTs and SLPs collaborate to create strategies that improve engagement, build skills, and help children experience success to improve participation. By the end of this session, participants will gain a practical framework for rethinking behavior and concrete ideas they can carry forward into fieldwork and professional practice.
Speakers
- Linnea Anderson Guither, CCC-SLP,L
- Linnea Anderson Guither is the School Affairs co-chair for ISHA. She currently works with Speaking 4 Children and the Illinois Family Council in order to help advocate for children in Illinois. She works at Bureau Valley CUSD 340 and Heritage Healthcare (PRN), both in Walnut, Illinois. She enjoys working on both sides of the spectrum within our field as well as volunteering for groups that encourage positive change in her town and throughout Illinois. Linnea enjoys traveling and spending time with her husband Eric, daughter Laurel, and dog Luger.
- Diane Barnes-Maguire, EdS, CCC-SLP,L
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Diane Barnes-Maguire is the co-chair for ISHA's School Affairs Committee. She is a past Vice President for ISHA's Professional Affairs Committee and District Representative Council Past Chair. She is an ISHA Fellow. She has been an SLP for the past 27 years in the school setting, as well as in Early Intervention, Hospitals, Clinics, and Private Practice. She is an Adjunct Professor at Lewis University and has served as a Principal in an Early Childhood School and Communication Development Program. She was recently named the Director of Human Resources for the ECHO Joint Agreement. She enjoys advocating for the rights of children with disabilities and helping clinicians learn to responsibly advocate for manageable workloads.
