Paula Aquilla loves the practice of Occupational Therapy and Osteopathy! She is a graduate of the Universityof Toronto, Canada and has practiced in a variety of clinical, home and community settings since 1986. Paula is alsoan osteopathic manual practitioner and specializes in paediatrics. She is the director of Aquilla OccupationalTherapy (established in 1990); a family oriented practice that is full of fun and learning! Paula was the founderand director of Yes I Can! Nursery School, Yes I Can! Summer Camps, and the I Love My Baby programs inToronto from 1990-1996. She was the founding director of Giant Steps Toronto. Paula brings warmth andenthusiasm in her work with children and their families.

Paula currently consults at the Muki Baum Treatment Centres in Toronto and various schools in Toronto. Sheteaches throughout Canada, the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, and India. Her practiceencompasses all types of children and young adults and her specialty is sensory integration therapy. Paulahas been a guest lecturer for the University of Toronto, McMaster University, and Humber College.She is published in the field: co-author of Building Bridges through Sensory Integration: Occupational Therapyfor Children with Autism and other Developmental Disorders (1998) and is a contributor to Children, Youth andAdults with Asperger’s Syndrome. She is the technical editor for the SI Focus Magazine. Paula hascontributed to other magazines and special interest newsletters in Canada, the United States, and the UnitedKingdom.