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Live Webinar: Embodied Clinical Reasoning in Pediatric Practice: When Knowing Isn’t Enough

September 28, 2026 @ 1-2 pm ET
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Featuring expert speakers:
Tracy Murnan Stackhouse, MA, OTR
Kelly Beins, OTR/L, RYT

Clinical reasoning is often described as a cognitive process: gathering information, evaluating evidence, assessing development and deciding what to do or what strategy to use next. But effective pediatric practice asks us to attend to more. It draws on what we know, what we observe, what we sense within ourselves, what unfolds in the therapeutic relationship — and what we have yet to understand.

Join internationally recognized occupational therapist Tracy Stackhouse, MA, OTR, and Unyte Senior Clinical Educator and occupational therapist Kelly Beins, OTR/L RYT, for a rich exploration of clinical reasoning as both a structured and deeply human process.

Together, they’ll consider the important relationship between intuition and clinical reasoning: how clinicians can recognize and value their felt sense without mistaking it for certainty, distinguish insight from assumption, and ground instinct in observation, reflection and evolving clinical hypotheses. They’ll also explore the information held within the therapeutic “in-between”—the relational, contextual and embodied cues, from clients & caregivers that can’t always be captured through thinking alone.

This conversation invites pediatric clinicians across disciplines to slow down, remain curious and become more comfortable holding both the known and the unknown. Tracy and Kelly will consider how listening therapies can provide access to hard-to-reach neurobiological processes, support embodiment and regulation, and help create the conditions for more attuned clinical decision-making and meaningful therapeutic change.

In this webinar, you’ll learn how to:

  1. Analyze elements of clinical reasoning that support an integrative, interdisciplinary approach to therapeutic pediatric practice.
  2. Differentiate explicit clinical information from implicit relational, contextual, and embodied cues to inform therapeutic decision-making.
  3. Distinguish intuition, observation, and assumption when developing and revising clinical hypotheses with complex clients and families.

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Tracy Murnan Stackhouse, MA, OTR

Tracy Murnan Stackhouse, MA, OTR, (she/her) is the Director of Innovation and co-founder of DFX, and led the organization as executive director until July 2025. A leading pediatric occupational therapist with more than 35 years of experience, she is internationally recognized for her clinical expertise, research, and training in neurodevelopmental differences, especially Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) and autism. 

Tracy holds an OT degree from Colorado State University and a Master’s in Developmental Psychology/Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of Denver. She has contributed to national consensus work through the Fragile X Clinical Research Consortium and is known for integrating neuroscience, sensory-affective-motor processing, and relationship-based intervention. She brings advanced, cross-disciplinary training in Ayres Sensory Integration, sensory modulation, DIR/Floortime®, TEACCH, the Early Start Denver Model, NDT, trauma-informed care, Polyvagal Theory, and a range of attachment- and regulation-focused modalities (including DDP, Theraplay, TBRI, Interpersonal Neurobiology, and mindful self-compassion). These specializations inform her comprehensive, neurobiologically grounded approach to assessment and intervention.

Tracy serves on the training faculty for the Polyvagal Institute, advises International Council on Development and Learning (ICDL) and Unyte Health, and co-authored OT practice guidelines for the Safe and Sound Protocol and Rest & Restore Protocol. She is the originator of the SpIRiT Model and co-developer of the S.T.E.P.P.S.I. framework, both widely used in OT practice. Through DFX’s Learning Journeys platform and the Spirited Conversations podcast, she provides training, mentorship, and applied frameworks that advance best practices for neurodiverse and neurodevelopmental populations. She is an honorary member of the Polish Association Sensory Integration Therapists SI (PSTIS). 

Kelly Beins, OTR/L, RYT

Kelly Beins, OTR/L, RYT, is a Clinical Educator at Unyte Health, registered yoga instructor and an occupational therapist with over 30 years of experience spanning mental health, pediatrics, and complex care settings. She partners with providers and organizations to bring neuroscience-informed listening therapies into real-world clinical practice. An international speaker and author of two children’s books, Kelly was named Autism Parenting Magazine – Top OT for two consecutive years. Kelly is known for helping clinicians make sense of complex clinical concepts and move toward more human-centered, nervous system-informed practice. As a parent of a sensory child, her professional work is deeply informed by lived experience, bringing both insight and authenticity to her approach.

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