She is the owner of Moira Peña Sensory Workshops, which provides in-person and online trainings for healthcare professionals and also works at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with children and youth on the autism spectrum.  

Moira is an Expert Hub Team member of the ECHO Ontario Autism Program and  the ECHO Autismo Neurodiversidad Argentina which aim to develop paediatricians’, allied health professionals’ and teachers’ skills to screen or diagnose (if applicable) and best address the needs of autistic children and youth and their families. 

Moira holds credentials from the STAR (Sensory Therapies and Research) Institute for Sensory Processing and is a certified Solution-Focused Healthcare Facilitator & Coach (C-SFHCF). She is a published author and researcher in The Manual of Pediatric Balance Disorders and The Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 

Moira is the proud creator & host of Holland Bloorview’s Autism Summit, a knowledge hub comprised of two well attended summits (over 8K participants so far!), a virtual group coaching program for occupational therapists wanting to practice using a neurodiversity-affirming lens (over 152 OTs coached!), an open access autism resource toolkit (over 31K views!) as well as the evidence-based Autism Occupational Therapy Guiding Principles for Occupational Therapists which was co-created with OTs, SLPs, parents of autistic children and. youth and autistic adults.

Moira is also an Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy at the University of Toronto and an Authorized Provider of Professional Development by the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA).

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