Inova Loudoun Hospital Offering “Ask the Expert” Lecture

As part of its free “Ask the Expert” lecture series, Inova Loudoun Hospital will host two sessions on “Sensory Integration and Child Development” on Tuesday, August 16 at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Is your child, or a child you work with, overly sensitive or under reactive to touch, movement, sights or sounds? Is he or she easily distracted and always seem to be disorganized? Or, maybe your child has difficulty learning new tasks and playing with unfamiliar toys. These are all common signs of a sensory processing issue. Sensory integration is the process by which we receive information through our senses, organize the information, and use it to participate in day-to-day activities. Some children have difficulties receiving and processing incoming sensations, making everyday tasks at home and school frustrating.

Join Occupational Therapist Kacie Demetros, Inova Loudoun Hospital’s Outpatient Specialty Rehabilitation Center, for an informative lecture on sensory integration. Learn how occupational therapy can help children – infants, toddlers and adolescents alike – to better develop the sensory skills needed to thrive.

Demetros, MS OTR/L CEIM, is a Pediatric Occupational Therapist and a Certified Educator of Infant Massage. She has nine years of experience and is currently the lead occupational therapist for Feeding and the NICU Follow-Up Clinics at Inova Loudoun Hospital’s Outpatient Specialty Rehabilitation Center. Demetros works with patients of all ages from infancy to geriatrics.

The lecture will be at Inova Loudoun Hospital, 44045 Riverside Parkway, Leesburg, in Conference Rooms A&B (South Lobby Entrance). Free valet parking is available. Participation is also free but seating is limited. To register visit inova.org/AskTheExpert or call 1.855.MY.INOVA (855.694.6682).

Inova Loudoun Hospital, serving Loudoun County for over 100 years, is part of Inova, a not-for-profit healthcare system based in Northern Virginia that consists of hospitals and other health services, including emergency- and urgent-care centers, home care, nursing homes, mental health and blood donor services, and wellness classes. Governed by a voluntary board of community members, Inova’s mission is to improve the health of the diverse community it serves through excellence in patient care, education and research. Visit us on the web at www.inova.org/ilh.

About Inova. Inova is a not-for-profit health care system located in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, serving over two million people with over 1,700 licensed beds based in Northern Virginia. Inova consists of five hospitals including the area’s only Level 1 Trauma Center and Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care unit. Inova encompasses many health services including the nationally and internationally recognized Inova Heart and Vascular Institute (IHVI), Inova Translational Medicine Institute (ITMI) on genomics, Inova Neuroscience Institute and Inova Children’s Hospital. Inova’s mission is to improve the health of the diverse community it serves through excellence in patient care, education and research. More information and statistics about Inova is at www.inova.org.