Training Faculty

U.S. Training Faculty

Alex Doman is an author, producer, and entrepreneur whose products are used by people in more than 35 countries. His work is based on music effects research and principles of human development and neuroplasticity focusing on improving academic, cognitive, and communication abilities. He is founder and CEO of Advanced Brain Technologies, a leading provider of products, which improve brain function with solutions for consumers, schools, therapy clinics, health care facilities, and the military.

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Allison Tanner is a speech-language pathologist for Primary Children's Medical Center working at one of their outpatient treatment facilities in Sandy, Utah. She received a bachelors of science degree in Communicative Disorders and a masters of science degree in speech-language pathology from Utah State University. Her passion has always been in helping children and adolescents attain communicative success in their community and at school through a variety of intervention techniques.

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Co-Director and Co-Founder of Pediatric Therapeutics
Member of The Listening Program Clinical Testing Team

Sheila is an occupational therapist with over twenty years clinical experience, and a longstanding appreciation for the influence of sound in our daily lives and the value of sound in facilitating change. She is Co-Director/Co-Founder of Pediatric Therapeutics, a children's therapy center, and Integrated Soundwork, a specialized practice combining sound modalities with sensory integration, both located in Chatham, New Jersey.

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Carmela has a BA in Education, an MS in Speech-Language Pathology, and was awarded a Certificate of Clinical Competency in Speech Pathology. She is also a licensed teacher, with an additional license as a Teacher of the Speech/Hearing Handicapped.
 
In her thirty-four years in the field she has experience in both mainstream and special educational school settings including supervision of special educational programs for both preschool and school aged children. 

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Nancy graduated from Florida International University in 1983 with a B.S. in Occupational Therapy.  Nancy’s experience with special needs children includes over 27 years in private outpatient, school based and “natural environment” settings.  She is president of Occuplay, Inc. a privately owned pediatric company providing OT services in NE Florida.

She is a Certified Provider of The Listening Program®, a Tomatis Consultant, as well as a former NDTA, Inc. pediatric OT instructor with advanced training in the Treatment of the Baby. Nancy realizes the importance of the sensory systems and how auditory stimulation with bone conduction is a critical piece in organizing the sensory systems and maximizing treatment outcomes.

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Sue is an occupational therapist who has worked with pediatric populations in hospital, school and private clinic settings since 1992. She is certified in the administration and interpretation of The Sensory Integration and Praxis Tests and has completed extensive professional coursework in sound and sensory integration modalities and manual therapy techniques.

As a private practitioner in north central New Jersey and Co-Director of Integrated Soundwork, Sue has been in corporating the use of sound stimulation with sensory integration techniques as a Provider of The Listening Program since its introduction in the United States.  

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Mary has been practicing as a certified and licensed Speech-Language Pathologist in the state of Ohio since 1985, and has been in private practice since 2000. She co-founded and is President of Person Centered Therapies, Inc., a therapy group specializing in the use of complimentary/holistic therapies to heal and develop the whole person, specializing in sensory processing disorders as manifested in children with autistic spectrum disorders, genetic disorders and global and verbal dyspraxia.

Mary has had a wealth of educational and teaching experience in complimentary therapies and their effect on speech, language and communication development. She has been using The Listening Program since 2001, and became a certified provider in 2004.

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Sally received her B.A. and M.A. in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of North Texas. She has been active in the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association. She served as Legislative Councilor for ASHA for four years and was on the TSHA board for over twenty years. She was elected Alumnus of the Year in 2004 for the University of North Texas. She has continued working in private practice specializing in clients with Autism, PDD, ADHD and individuals with Sensory Processing Disorder and works in three private clinics.

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Gayle L. Moyers founded the Moyers Center for Learning in San Diego, which delivered innovative interventions to challenged learners for 20 years. She is currently president of Moyers Learning Systems in Austin, TX and the developer of Learning Ears®. She specializes in developing auditory interventions to improve auditory processing for adults and children, and mentors therapists in this field. She holds a California Teaching Credential and is a Certified Educational Therapist.

International Training Faculty

Alan is a Director of Learning Solutions, an organisation based in Yorkshire, UK that for over 10 years has been dedicated to helping children and adults maximise their learning potential. He is an accredited Brain Gym® Instructor, NLP Practitioner and the UK and Eire trainer for The Listening Program®. He works extensively in schools in the UK and internationally, training teachers in Brain Gym, Accelerated Learning and Auditory Processing. He is the author of ‘Beating Dyslexia A Natural Way’ published in 1997 and runs a consultancy service for children with a range of learning and sensory difficulties combining sound stimulation and movement work. 

International Training Faculty

Tracey Butler is a director of Links to Learning, an organisation based in Adelaide, SA that provides a service for children and adults experiencing learning and auditory processing difficulties. Links to Learning’s success was born from her own son’s frustration, with her only regret being that her work in 2001 was not sufficiently developed for him to reap the benefits which Links to Learning has since bestowed on countless others.

International Training Faculty

Veronica Graduated in Occupational Therapy in Adelaide, South Australia in 1975. Sensory Integration has been her primary focus and drive to improve the underlying central nervous system foundations for learning, coordination and behavioral organization. Veronica has worked predominantly with children with multiple disabilities, developmental and learning difficulties and those within the autism spectrum. Neurodevelopmental therapy training assisted her work with children with cerebral palsy.

International Training Faculty

Dr. Flores received his Medical Degree in 1985 from the Universidad de Monterrey After competing his residency in Audiology and Otoneurology in 1991 at the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in Mexico City, he established a Private Practice and Founded the Centro Audiologico Miravalle where he evaluates diagnose and treat patients with hearing and/or vestibular problems.

International Training Faculty

Gaby Urdiales graduated from the Intstituto Tecnológico de Monterrey in Computer Science and has been involved in the field of Audiology since 1991. She is interested in the learning process and the effects of hearing and listening in child development. Gaby is certified from the Council for Exceptional Children in 2005 for Integrated Educational Programs development. She is a Certified Provider for The Listening Program® and on the ABT Training Faculty in Mexico since 2004.