Jennifer Waldburger, MSW, has been working with children and families for 23 years, offering private sessions and classes that incorporate wellness and self-regulation practices gathered over two decades of study on these subjects. She has consulted with several schools in Los Angeles to help create wellness programs, and is co-director of mindfulness + wellness at the Stephen S. Wise School. As co-founder of Sleepy Planet Parenting, Jennifer has been featured in a wide variety of media, including the Wall Street Journal, the New York times, and Good Morning America. She is coauthor of the award-winning book The Sleepeasy Solution as well as Calm Mama, Happy Baby and is a consultant for the hit TV show “The Pajanimals,” a joint production with the Jim Henson Company and PBS Sprout.

Melissa Idelson, OTR/L, is the Founding President of Child Success Foundation (CSF) and Director of the Child Success Center in Santa Monica, CA. Melissa began her career as a pediatric Occupational Therapist in 1990. Originally from Perth, Western Australia, where she was first introduced to sensory integration in college, she moved to California in 1995 to complete graduate studies in Ayres Sensory Integration* (ASI) theory and practice at the University of Southern California.

Kelly Priest, MS, is a social learning consultant to parents, schools and professionals, and a seasoned facilitator of social learning groups and parent workshops. She was an early adopter of Social Thinking® in Los Angeles, co-founding one of California’s largest private practices dedicated to social cognitive development. 

Kelly’s experiences as a group facilitator, parent educator, school counselor, SEL curriculum developer, consultant, advocate, and most importantly, as a parent, have informed her approach to social learning. While her work is grounded in practical, effective tools and strategies, Kelly’s approach radically centers and affirms the needs, interests, wholeness and neuro-diversity of all social learners.

Dr. Lori Baudino has been a practicing clinician for over a decade. She received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology and Masters in Creative Arts Therapy – Dance/Movement Therapy, the therapeutic use of movement to further the emotional, cognitive, physical and social integration of the individual.

As the National Clinical Spokesperson for The Andréa Rizzo Foundation, and with their funding, Dr. Baudino brought the first Dance/Movement Therapy Programs to the top Pediatric hospitals in Los Angeles, where she provides bedside therapy to children with cancer, special needs and terminal illness. Dr. Baudino has specialized in supervising, facilitating and providing treatment for children with special needs and their families. She has worked in psychiatric hospitals and at rehabilitation centers for trauma, addiction and pain management. 

In her private practice, she works with children and their families to support the developing child and the integral relationships between parent, child and siblings. Understanding the premise that the body, mind and spirit are interconnected and that life is experienced through movement, Dr. Baudino’s approach allows the child to put words into action, understand individual sensory and motor preferences, express emotional needs, and support overall integration and well-being.

Dr. Baudino is also a published author, leveraging her love of travel with her expertise in child behavior to create the best-selling book, Super Flyers: A parent guidebook for airplane travel with children.

Dr. Dustin Weissman is a postdoctoral psychotherapist at NeuroSense Psychology in Calabasas practicing under the supervision of Dr. Jonine Nazar-Biesman, PsyD, ABPdN. Dr. Weissman specializes in Problematic Internet Use and Internet Addiction. His dissertation titled, Impacts of Playing Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) on Individuals’ Subjective Sense of Feeling Connected with Others, has already been downloaded globally from over 65 countries on 6 continents. He provides individual, family, and group therapy to people of all ages as well as administers neuropsychological assessments. He currently holds three board positions with Ventura County Psychological Association. Dr. Weissman hosts a free podcast titled, CyberSense Power Up Podcast, which is available on eight different platforms, including Spotify and Google Podcasts. He is also the owner of the well renowned in-home tutoring company, Conejo Valley Tutoring.