Jill has a Bachelor’s degree in Human Kinetics from St. Francis Xavier University, and a Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy from University of Alberta. She is a Registered Autism Service Provider (RASP).

Jill has worked with children since 2013 in school, home, and clinic settings. She is passionate about supporting children and families to engage more fully and confidently in their everyday lives. She believes that play and movement are powerful tools for learning and development, and this philosophy is reflected in her playful, active, and child-centered approach to therapy.

Jill’s practice values caregiver involvement and a multi-disciplinary team approach. She will work with you, your child and their team to develop functional goals tailored to your family’s needs. Her current areas of interest include: coaching caregivers, social learning, mental health, life skills and community integration, and understanding the impact of sensory processing and emotional regulation on functional independence.  

Jill works with children ages 2-18 with a wide range of needs, including Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, anxiety, sensory processing differences, Developmental Coordination Disorder, Pathological Demand Avoidance, learning disabilities, developmental delays, and kids with aggressive behaviours.

She has completed the following professional development courses:

• PDA Masterclasses - At Peace Parents

• Deeply Feeling Kids - Good Inside

• Anxiety and Executive Functioning - Sarah Ward

• Autism Level UP!

• Various courses on anxiety and attachment-based parenting from the Neufeld Institute

• PEERS® (The Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills) for Adolescents 

• STAR Institute’s Level I Intensive Mentorship with Lucy Jane Miller: Evaluation, Diagnostic and Treatment of Sensory Processing Disorder 

• Childhood Autism Spectrum Disorder: Best Occupational Therapy Practice 

• Picky Eaters vs. Problem Feeders: The Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) Approach to Feeding Level 1

• SOS Advanced Webinar: Children with Gastroesophageal Reflux

• SOS Advanced Webinar: Feeding the Child on the Autism Spectrum

• Coaching Caregivers - Kim Barthel

• Becoming a Behavioural Detective: Understanding and Supporting Complex Behaviour - Kim Barthel

• Zones of Regulation® - Leah Kuypers 

• Make Social Learning Stick: Practical Tools to Build Social Regulation - Elizabeth Sautter

• Exploring Social Executive Functioning in 4-7 year olds; Superflex® and Friends Take on Social Emotional Learning and the Common Core Standards; Two Days of Social Thinking with Michelle Garcia Winner and Dr. Pamela Crooke - Social Thinking

• Interoception: The Eighth Sensory System with Kelly Mahler 

• Carol Gray’s Social Stories

• Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)® Level 1 

• Handwriting Without Tears® K-5