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Ginny Paleg is a pediatric physiotherapist from Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.  For the past 20 years, she has worked with children aged 0-3 years in homes and childcare, with a focus on the F-words.  Ginny earned her master’s degree in physical therapy at Emory University and her DScPT at the University of Maryland Baltimore. Ginny specializes in posture and mobility assessment and interventions for children at GMFCS Levels IV and V.  She is certified in Prechtl General Movement Assessment (GMA) and the Hammersmith Infant Neurological Exam (HINE) and trained in Routines Based Interventions (McMaster) and coaching (Sheldon and Rush). 

She has published over 20 peer-reviewed journal articles on standers, supported stepping devices, and power mobility. 

She is the lead author for the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy Hypotonia Care Pathway and past Chair of the AACPDM Communications Committee and a member of the Nominating Committee. She served on the Scientific Committees for the AACPDM and EACD in 2022, and is a current member of the AACPDM Care Pathway Council. 

Sarah Oosman is a physical therapist and an associate professor at the School of Rehabilitation Science (USask), a researcher with the Saskatchewan Population Health & Evaluation Research Unit (SPHERU), and a co-principal investigator with the nātawihowin & mamawiikikayaahk (SK-NEIHR). She is a first-generation Canadian of mixed ethnicity, a settler ally & co-liberator, and an intervention Indigenous-health researcher. She prioritizes Indigenous community-driven action research that leads to the development and implementation of culture-based, relevant, and meaningful health promoting interventions across the lifespan. Sarah works in close partnership with Métis and First Nation peoples and communities in Saskatchewan, and is passionate about addressing health inequities through respectful relationships, partnerships, and safe, courageous conversations in classroom, clinical, community, and research settings. 

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Dr. Peter Rosenbaum is a developmental pediatrician with over 50 years' experience of the clinical, academic and political dimensions of childhood disabilities. His perspectives have been impacted hugely by hisinvolvement with the Canchild Centre for Childhood-onset Disability (www.canchild.ca) and their work with parents and colleagues around the world.

Patti Thomas is an experienced physiotherapist with over 22 years of expertise. She graduated from the University of Alberta and began her career specializing in adult neurorehabilitation before transitioning to pediatrics 14 years ago.   

Her experience spans across settings, including community schools, hospitals and in-home care for pediatric neurology clients.  Currently, Patti is working in pediatric home care in Calgary which services children from birth to age 18. 

Debra Teitelbaum has more than 35 years of experience as a pediatric physiotherapist, the last 27 years at the Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary, working with families of young children with neurodevelopmental issues. It has been a great privilege for her to journey alongside so many families, find solutions together to support their goals and build caregiver competence along the way. She co-developed an educational gross motor program for parents called Watch Me Move (Natrasony and Teitelbaum, 2016). More recently, she developed the Applied Coaching Tool and implemented training for therapists to move from an expert model to a non-expert, learner focused model. She continues to research the efficacy and clinical application of coaching practices in pediatrics. She obtained her BScPT and MSc in Rehabilitation from McGill University.