Get to Know Carol

Carol is the owner and director of Occupational Therapy Connections and has been an occupational therapist for 42 years. She has an undergraduate degree in occupational therapy and a graduate degree in counseling.

She specializes in the treatment of sensory processing and sensorimotor dysfunction in children through adults. She also specializes in providing trauma-informed occupational therapy to clients with adoption, foster care, medical trauma, and/or emotional trauma histories.  She was a coordinator of the Central Indiana Sensory Processing Consortium. She has been a guest lecturer on sensory processing disorder at the Indiana University Department of Occupational Therapy, elementary schools, and mental health organizations. She has lectured at Riley Hospital, adoption agencies, parent education symposiums, and support groups on the co-morbidity of sensory processing disorder and regulatory disorders with adopted children and children with trauma histories.

Carol has pursued extensive ongoing training including Masgutova Neurosensorimotor Reflex Integration (MNRI), sensory processing and integration, motor and balance skills development, functional visual skills, Handwriting Without Tears, First Strokes, The Size Matters handwriting program, Bal Vis X, Therapeutic Listening, and the Safe and Sound Protocol.

Get to Know Emily

Emily Majchrowicz, OTD, OTR/L has been an occupational therapist since August 2022, receiving her doctoral degree in occupational therapy from Huntington University. Before starting occupational therapy school, she worked at our clinic as an occupational therapy aide. Following graduation she initially worked at a pediatric outpatient clinic, where she provided clinic treatment in addition to providing occupational therapy services within the school system. This experience both in a clinic setting and in the schools has uniquely qualified Emily to bring a broader range of treatment and evaluation skills to our clinic.

Emily specializes in the treatment of sensory processing and sensorimotor dysfunction in children through adults. She also specializes in providing trauma-informed occupational therapy to clients with adoption, foster care, medical trauma, and/or emotional trauma histories. She also specializes in treatment of skills related to school needs, supporting her client’s best function in school. Emily has a passion for meeting clients where they are and is empathetic and genuinely interested in her clients. She is skillful at building therapeutic relationships with clients of all ages, diagnoses, and genders, in addition to their families. She has strong skills in collaborating with clients and their families, school staff, counselors, psychologists, and other health care professionals.

Emily has pursued advanced specialty training to deepen her clinical skills in best and most effective treatment of client needs. She has extensive training in sensory processing and sensory integration, motor/coordination and balance skills development, visual and vestibular sensory system development, functional visual skills and impact on school and daily function, trauma and sensory processing, executive function skills, and handwriting and fine motor skill development and remediation. She has also provided intervention with the iLS Safe and Sound Protocol. She has participated in the following courses:

• Sensory Processing training courses
• Astronaut Protocol: A Sound-Activated Vestibular-Visual Protocol
• Understanding and Managing Visual Deficits in Children: A Guide for Occupational Therapists
• Embodied Sensation: Harnessing the Power of Interoception and Proprioception
• Finding Safety and Stability: A Trauma-Informed Sensory Motor Approach

Emily’s hobbies include gardening, reading, golfing, and baking.

Get to Know Cassie

Cassie Conner has been an occupational therapist for 29 years She received her graduate degree in occupational therapy from the University of Indianapolis.  She works at our pediatric clinic while also working as a school occupational therapist. She has past experience working in both mental health and pediatric occupational therapy clinics.

Cassie has the unique opportunity to provide clinic-based occupational therapy while also bringing expertise in the development of realistic and effective occupational therapy-based classroom accommodations and supporting skills needed in the classroom.

She has a passion for supporting hand and fine motor skill development, and learning and remediating handwriting skills.  Additionally, she also provides clinic-based occupational therapy to address sensory processing needs, reflex integration, self-regulation, balance, and motor skills.

She has pursued specialty training in including Handwriting Without Tears, First Strokes, and The Size Matters, in addition to the Zones of Regulation Program, and Masgutova Neurosensorimotor Reflex Integration (MNRI). Cassie has a playful approach to therapy which supports engagement in treatment. Her hobbies include knitting, reading, yoga, and traveling.

Get to Know Julie

Julie Munson has been an occupational therapist for 3 years. She received her degree in occupational therapy from Indiana University. While working at this occupational therapy clinic, she also works as a school occupational therapist.  Her past work experience has been with pediatric settings, in-patient and outpatient rehabilitation, long-term care, and providing driving evaluations. 

Julie brings with her a passion for working with children and an understanding of the skills and needs of children in everyday life and also in the school setting. She enjoys the children she works with and sees them as individuals. 

Julie has pursued specialty continuing education with training in sensory processing disorder.  Her hobbies and interests include hiking, reading, training her dog, and spending time with her children.