Learn about the background of The Listening Program Authorized
Provider Training Faculty here. TLP Professional Trainings are conducted
by any two of the following trainers.
Authorized Provider Distance TLP Training Faculty
Sheila Allen, MA, OTR, BCP
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. She has been using The Listening Program with clients since it first became available in 1999.
She is also a member of the ABT training faculty and development team for The Listening Program.
Susan Beasley, OTR
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. She is also a member of the ABT Training Faculty.
Don Harris, MS, CCC-SLP
Don has been a speech language pathologist for 22 years. He started Speech Pathology Associates, PS in 1984 working from his home. Through the years his practice has grown to include occupational and physical therapies. His group of 6 therapists is a Medicare approved rehabilitation agency providing services to children and adults. Don recently co-owned Cascade Summit Workforce, LLC an industrial rehabilitation company and manages Professionally Speaking Northwest, PS, a company providing communication improvement programs. Don is a past member of the board of directors for the Washington Hearing and Speech Association and The American Academy of Private Practice in Speech Pathology and Audiology. He is also a member of the ABT Training Faculty.
Mary Padula, MA, CCC/SLP
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. Mary’s life experience as an inner city missionary, live in care taker of adults with special needs, member of inter- and multi- disciplinary therapy teams, and administrator has given her a broader scope of practice when assessing and working with families.
