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Clara Crenshaw
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Clara Crenshaw, OTD, OTR/L

Clara is passionate about empowering children to achieve their fullest potential through their most important occupation: play. Her interest in occupational therapy and working with pediatric populations began when she was in college, spending the summers teaching swim lessons. After exposure to OT, she valued the profession’s holistic methods, emphasis on individualized care, and use...

Leah Forsythe, MOT, OTR/L
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Leah Forsythe, MOT, OTR/L

Leah (she/her) is an autistic occupational therapist who focuses on supporting neurodivergent adults and children. She practices a relationship-based, client-led approach that empowers individuals to adapt their lives to meet their unique needs while removing unnecessary expectations and empowering authenticity. Leah prioritizes the client as the expert of their lived experience. Each client possesses a...

Larry Zier, OTD, OTR/L
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Larry Zier, OTD, OTR/L

Larry Zier, OTD, OTR/L, earned his clinical doctorate degree from Creighton University. He has received training in the areas of sensory...

Karen Dilfer, MS, OTR/L
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Karen Dilfer, MS, OTR/L

Karen has a bachelor of science degree from Calvin College and a masters of science degree from Washington University in St. Louis. She is trained in Neurodevelopmental Treatment (NDT) and has completed post-graduate education in Ayres Sensory Integration. Karen is a feeding specialist who trained with Marsha Dunn Klein, the founder and creator of the...

Vasilios Niphoratos, MOT, OTR/L
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Vasilios Niphoratos, MOT, OTR/L

Vasilios is a Senior Occupational Therapist who started his OT career at Amy Zier & Associates over five years ago. He has extensive experience working with children and teenagers ages 2 to 17 with challenges related to self-regulation, sensory integration, emotional health, developmental delay, social participation, school participation, motor challenges, executive function, ASD, ADHD, and...

Amy Zier, MS, OTR/L, Ph.D
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Amy Zier, MS, OTR/L, Ph.D

Dr. Amy Zier founded Amy Zier & Associates, Inc. in 1997 in response to the limitations of traditional therapy settings and her desire to provide innovative, quality occupational therapy to children and families. Amy’s vision of unique spaces, coupled with the highest quality therapist training, and the advantages of employing therapists passionate about their role...