Kelly Mahler OTD OTR/L earned a Doctorate in Occupational Therapy from Misericordia University, Dallas. She has been an occupational therapist for 20 years, serving school-aged children and adults. Kelly has won multiple awards, including the 2020 American Occupational Therapy Association Emerging and Innovative Practice Award and a Mom’s Choice Gold Medal. She is an adjunct faculty member at Elizabethtown College, as well as at Misericordia University. An international speaker, Kelly is also a co-principal investigator in several research projects on interoception, self-regulation, trauma and autism.