Research evidence shows that family-centered care, delivered through a therapeutic partnership with family members, is best practice for children and adults alike. I'm here to give you practical, evidence-based tools for collaborative work with parents, so your clients reach the goals that matter to them, efficiently and lastingly.
Three reasons to pursue partnership with families:
Your team is skilled and your therapy is good. And still: conversations with parents that stall, care plans that don't carry over to home, families left outside the process. It isn't a motivation gap. It's a gap in tools and shared language, and that's exactly where I come in.
For therapists, teams, and organizations: research-based knowledge that becomes everyday practice.
A comprehensive family-centered care training: 10 online sessions with practical tools for conversations with parents, collaborative goal setting, cultural sensitivity, and family-centered assessments. For occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, and mental health professionals.
Course details →Engaging, research-based lectures for conferences, study days, and professional teams on family partnership, family-centered care, and innovation in practice. Every lecture is tailored to the audience and the organization.
Book a lecture →Individual, group, or organizational mentoring: tailored professional support for therapists who want to deepen their work with families, and for organizations implementing family-centered services.
Schedule mentoring →The most meaningful path to change is a combined organizational process: the Better Together course for your team, together with on-the-ground implementation support and outcome measurement. The program has been delivered successfully in ministries of education, health funds, nonprofits, and international settings.
Discuss a process for your organizationThe research evidence is clear: family-centered care, delivered through genuine partnership with parents, is best practice. This course provides the tools to make it happen, in the clinic, at school, and at home.
Principles, theoretical models, and the most current evidence
Two-way communication skills: listening, sharing information, and adapting to learning styles and literacy
Deepening the understanding of parenting a child with special needs
Setting meaningful therapy goals using a coaching and guidance model
Practical tools for conversations with family members and multidisciplinary meetings
Working with families from diverse backgrounds using the multicultural model
Assessment tools that place the family at the center
Evaluating management and organizational processes through a family-centered lens
Interactive online sessions combining theory, current evidence, discussion, and practical tools.
Why is parent involvement the factor that changes therapy outcomes, and how do you build a productive relationship even in challenging situations? An interactive lecture combining current research evidence with practical tools: analyzing situations and resistance, two-way communication, and strategies for deepening partnership. Tailored for multidisciplinary teams and child development units. Available as a single session or a series.
How do you maintain genuine partnership with the family when therapy moves to a screen? A lecture on principles, tools, and practices for family-centered telehealth, grounded in research and international experience.
Not an off-the-shelf lecture. Every lecture is tailored to your audience, your organization, and the specific population you work with: ADHD, autism, visual impairment and blindness, and others, always grounded in the most current research evidence.
A one-hour personal Zoom session where we look together at your work with parents and families: we discuss cases from the field, identify the family's strengths, and build ways to maximize them in therapy. A professional, deep, and supportive space.
A process with your multidisciplinary team: together we examine how your organization works with families, identify what works and what can be strengthened, and build change that improves satisfaction and partnership for the families, the therapists, and the organization as a whole.
An occupational therapist since 2003, working with children and their families. Lecturer and mentor in the occupational therapy doctoral program at Boston University. PhD from the University of Haifa and OTD from Boston University.
Recipient of a Fulbright postdoctoral fellowship and the European Commission's Horizon 2020 Seal of Excellence for research advancing family-centered care. Author of the book Better Together and of numerous publications in leading journals, including the American Journal of Occupational Therapy.
Over 30 academic publications in leading journals, focusing on family-centered care, provider training, and telehealth. You're welcome to explore:
"Studies published in AJOT showed that the training significantly improves professional self-efficacy in working with families"
Gafni-Lachter & Ben-Sasson, American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2022I enjoyed the course so much! Every session taught me something new, and I received so many practical tools that I've already started using. I'm seeing results!
I feel the course helped me become a better therapist. I know how to explain my thinking to parents and colleagues, ground it in research, and structure the process.
The training is wonderfully structured. It has information, evidence, and especially skillset building. For me it is a very useful course and a real help to the work that needs to be done.
Thank you, Liat, for the personal mentoring. I received so much, and all of it grounded in research and theory.
Want to join the course, book a lecture, or build a process for your organization? Write to me and I'll get back to you soon.
