Founder/Owner
Assential Therapies Inc.
Park Ridge, Illinois, United States
Smita S. Joshi, MS, CCC-SLP, Founder/Owner at Assential Therapies Inc. Adjunct Lecturer at the Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Northwestern University.
Smita graduated with a MS, in Communication Sciences and Disorders in 1997 from Southwest Missouri State University. Smita specializes in treating pediatric feeding issues and has over 24 years of experience. She has worked in multiple settings including acute care, early child hood special education, outpatient pediatrics, and early intervention.
In 2003 Smita founded Assential Therapies Inc, a multi- disciplinary pediatric therapy practice specializing in pediatric feeding issues. Smita has shared office space with Dr. Suzanne Nelson, a pediatric GI specialist for the last 8 years which has allowed her to work with Dr. Nelson side by side, problem solving complex feeding issues experienced by children diagnosed with a variety of GI disorders. During the course of past 18 years Smita established collaborations with various medical professionals in the Chicagoland community that includes pediatricians, GI specialists, ENT specialists, pediatric dentists, dietitians, and lactation consultants. These collaborations make Assential Therapies Inc. a unique community-based feeding program.
Smita has had numerous speaking arrangements. Smita has presented seminars at the IL occupational Therapy Association’s 2016 and 2017 annual meetings. Since Spring of 2019, Smita has been teaching a 2-hour class at the Rush University’s graduate program in Dietetics on “Pediatric Feeding Issues during first 2 years of life”. Smita has completed a variety of trainings in the areas of pediatric dysphagia, infant child development, and sensory integration including Beckman Oral motor protocol, Sensory Oral Sequential approach, Food chaining, Vital Stim therapy for Dysphagia, Myofascial release for pediatric dysphagia, Wilbarger Brushing protocol, therapeutic Listening, Astronaut training to name a few.
Friday, February 3, 2023
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM CST
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Friday, February 3, 2023
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
Disclosure(s): Assential Therapies Inc.: Financial - Salary (Ongoing); Northwestern University: Non-Financial - Institutional (Ongoing), Non-Financial - Professional (Ongoing)
Saturday, February 4, 2023
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM CST
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