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This company produces and distributes a variety of materials for working with children who have developmental and multiple disabilities. It was founded in 1989 by Rhoda P. Erhardt, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA, an occupational therapist specializing in pediatrics for more than 35 years. Mrs. Erhardt received her B.S. in occupational therapy from the University of Illinois, M.S. in child development from North Dakota State University, and pediatric NeuroDevelopmental Treatment (NDT) training in London, England. Click here for curriculum vitae.

Currently in private practice in the Minneapolis/St.Paul area, she has provided evaluation and consultation services to families, health agencies, educational systems, and national corporations, and published and lectured extensively throughout the United States and overseas on topics such as prehension (hand skills), vision, eye-hand coordination, and feeding problems in children with cerebral palsy, as well as handwriting and perceptual problems in children with learning disabilities.

The 21 video programs available describe normal and atypical development, assessment procedures, and intervention programs. They each include inservice suggestions and discussion guides to be duplicated for viewers. Videos are available for rental (VHS domestic only), and purchase in NTSC (US) and PAL (European) VHS formats, and DVD format. Other products (books, assessments, posters, charts, etc.) are correlated with many of the videos.