Avanti Educational Programs, Inc. hosts conferences and provides products for occupational and physical therapists. Avanti was founded by Patricia and Julia Wilbarger, and Avanti is a strategic partner of Child Development Media, Inc.

Patricia Wilbarger, MEd, OTR, FAOTA, is known for developing the Wilbarger Deep Pressure and Proprioceptive Technique (DPPT) and the Oral Tactile Technique (OTT) also known as the Wilbarger Brushing Protocol or WBP.  Wilbarger, is an occupational therapist and clinical psychologist who has been working with sensory processing theories for over 40 years, and she designed the Therapressure Therapy Brush.

The Wilbarger Therapressure Therapy Brush

Patricia Wilbarger created Sensory Integration International and Avanti Educational Programs with her daughter Juila Wilbarger, PhD, OTR, and together they lecture internationally on sensory processing disorders, sensory defensiveness, and sensory integration. Patricia Wilbarger and Julia Wilbarger offer sensory defensiveness training courses, conferences, and workshops on a regular basis for professionals who wish to enhance their methods of treatment.

• Purchase Therapressure Brushes via Child Development Media.
• Introduction to Sensory Defensiveness CD
• Introduction to Sensory Defensiveness video
• Information about the Avanti Sensory Defensiveness Workshops in 2011
• Download the Product Catalog and Order Form