We are proud to present  “OT's Role in Early Childhood Mental Health”, a webinar hosted by Dr. Amy Lynch.

Please join Temple OT in a special presentation on Promoting Relationships and Emotion Regulation for Permanency and Stability in Schools (PREPSS), a trauma-informed, evidence applied, play and activity based interactive social emotional learning curriculum for early childhood education and care centers created by Dr Amy Lynch. From fall 2020-spring 2023, PREPSS as a platform has trained over 90 early childhood educators in trauma-informed strategies and provided over 400 children with intensive social emotional learning experiences.

The session will explore:

• OT's role in supporting early childhood development and the dilemmas of early childhood mental health
• The PREPSS program as an opportunity to address need for full classroom facing interventions.
• A brief overview of Temple's entry level Doctorate in Occupational Therapy program and admissions process.

Dr. Amy Lynch is an associate professor at the College of Public Health in the Occupational Therapy program at Temple University and has been an OT for 30 years. She has presented nationally, and internationally on topics including but not limited to: trauma & early adversity, attachment, social emotional regulation, family occupations, international/domestic adoption and foster care, feeding, eating, and swallowing, and developmental care. She is the lead editor for the American Occupational Therapy Association's first ever book on trauma: Trauma, Occupation, and Participation: Foundations and Population Considerations for Occupational Therapy. Since 2019, she has received over $1,000,000 in funding as PI or Co-PI to support trauma-informed, occupation-focused education setting-related research.