📅 Originally aired: July 15, 2026

How do we know an assessment can be trusted?

In this second session of the Children and Families Understood webinar series, four internationally experts explore the psychometric foundations of Ayres Sensory Integration® (ASI) assessments and why reliability and validity are essential for evidence-based occupational therapy.

Featuring Drs. Isabelle Beaudry Bellefeuille, Berta Gándara-Gafo, Jennifer Petersen, and Roseann C. Schaaf, this webinar examines how reliability and validity are established, why they matter for clinical decision-making, and how strong measurement ultimately leads to better understanding children and families.

The discussion also highlights the newly published American Journal of Occupational Therapy article by Dr. Beaudry Bellefeuille and Dr. Gándara-Gafo and Dr. Schaaf examining the correlation between Sensory-Seeking and other sensory profiles and Dr. Petersen's work on the reliability and validity of the Evaluation in Ayres Sensory Integration® (EASI).

Whether you're an occupational therapist, researcher, educator, or student, this session offers a unique opportunity to learn directly from the researchers advancing the science behind trustworthy assessment and confident clinical reasoning.

Children and Families Understood is a webinar series exploring the science, innovation, and clinical application of Ayres Sensory Integration®, with the goal of advancing our understanding of children and families through evidence-informed practice.

Organized by CLASI (https://www.cl-asi.org) and made possible through the generous support of Southpaw (https://www.southpaw.com).