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Executive function (EF) skills impact a broad range of functional developmental outcomes. For children who have had epilepsy surgery, executive functioning challenges may impact how your child manages their academic success, social integration, motor coordination, independence in self-care, and community engagement.

Dr. Lindy offe is an expert in executive function assessment and treatment. Join us to learn more about what EF skills are, how to measure them, and what to do to improve these skills.

About our speaker: Lindy Joffe, OTD, OTR/L Doctor of Occupational Therapy (Post-Professional) Lindy Joffe brings 23 years of experience to pediatric OT work. She completed her doctorate in OT through Boston University’s post-professional program in 2022 and her master’s at Columbia University in 1999. Lindy enjoys working with a range of ages, from early intervention to adolescents and the occasional adult. She has taken a broad range of courses in sensory integrative principles, DIR/Floortime techniques, cognitive perceptual organization, and Masgutova Neuromuscular Reflex Integration Techniques, among others. Lindy is particularly interested in how the motor and sensory systems, particularly the visual-vestibular-auditory triad and underlying reflex systems, interact with the executive function system to propel an individual’s problem-solving abilities in three-dimensional and two-dimensional space. Lindy believes strongly in taking therapy beyond the clinic walls, working closely with the child’s team to ensure maximal carry-over of therapeutic techniques into the child’s life. She has taught continuing education courses in sensory integration and problem-solving locally and nationwide. Lindy has a private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area.