Speaker

Gina Rencken is an Occupational Therapist with a special interest in sensory integration, neurodevelopmental therapy and early intervention. She currently works at UKZN where she is responsible for the paediatric content in the curriculum. She is currently finishing up a PhD, looking at the neurobehavioural functioning of infants born to mothers seropositive to HIV. Gina is a board member of the South African Institute for Sensory Integration (SAISI), as well as the council chair for the International Council of Educators in Ayres Sensory Integration (ICE-ASI). She has presented at multiple congresses nationally and internationally in the fields of Occupational Therapy related to Paediatrics, Ayres Sensory Integration, Paediatric Neurology, Infant and child mental health, maternal mental health, and Early Intervention