Kathleen Morris, MS, CCC-SLP, is a nationally recognized therapist, a member of ASHA and an Associate member of the AOTA with more than 30 years experience in public schools and private practice settings. She holds a Certificate of Clinical Competency from ASHA. Ms. Morris established the first sensory integration clinic in Dallas to address and educate people regarding sensory issues and later opened a second clinic. She founded the Pediatric Network Foundation establishing the first and only preschool in Dallas for children with sensory issues. Ms. Morris is the founder/publisher of S.I. Focus Magazine™, the only magazine dedicated to sensory integration, with readers in 17 countries. She served as the President of the Pediatric Network Foundation and sits on the Advisory Board of the National Autism Association.
Ms. Morris has presented workshops on child development and sensory integration for 25 years. She has volunteered in orphanages helping to establish an understanding of how children are at risk for sensory and attachment issues when living with deprivation. Ms. Morris spent five years directing the creation of a sensory motor room in the Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Russia. She now speaks to adoptive families regularly and her article on sensory integration was recently published in Adoption Today in the United Kingdom. Kathleen initiated the National Sensory Awareness campaign, known as Come to Your Senses which takes place during the month of October each year with volunteers across the US and Canada.