Carrie Schmitt, OTD, OTR/L

Carrie holds a B.S. in Occupational Therapy from the Medical College of Georgia as well as a Doctor of Occupational Therapy from Boston University.   Carrie has worked in a variety of pediatric settings in Georgia, New York, and South Carolina. 

Carrie is passionate about sensory health and evidence-based practice and is continually seeking to further her knowledge. She has enjoyed continuing education on topics including sensory integration theory, infant massage instruction (IAIM), Integrated Listening Systems (iLs), and Handwriting without Tears.  She is NDT trained in pediatrics by the Neurodevelopmental Treatment Association and has completed STAR Institute Level 1 Mentorship, STAR Proficiency Level 1, and STAR Institute Level 2 Mentorship. She currently serves on the STAR Institute Faculty. Her STAR Faculty contribution is hosting STAR’s podcast, Making Sense. You can listen here.

As a wife and mother to four children, one of Carrie’s favorite things is coming alongside families to learn more about their child’s unique, individual strengths and challenges through family education and research-based intervention.

Robyn Chu, M.S., OTR/L

Robyn Chu earned her undergraduate degree in psychology with a biological emphasis from the University of California at Davis.  Her passion for helping children with special needs started early with a variety of jobs, including as a swim lesson instructor, Special Olympics coach, nanny, and aide for children with autism. Robyn continued on in her education obtaining her master’s degree in occupational therapy from Samuel Merritt College in Oakland, CA in 2005. Her early work experience included Shriners Hospital in Sacramento and the El Dorado County Office of Education, leading the occupational therapy department.

A couple of years into her career, Robyn felt led to fulfill her lifelong dream of starting her own private practice and she founded Growing Healthy Seasons.  Under the mentoring of Dr. Lucy Jane Miller starting in graduate school, she dove into research and treatment using a sensory approach.  She has specialized in sensory processing and integration for almost 20 years, learning from every family and through research with partners Dr. Elysa Marco, MD at UCSF and Dr. Shulamite Green, PhD at UCLA. 

Robyn also has sensory processing differences herself and is the mother of three children, 1 of whom with sensory processing differences. She uses her real-life experiences to help her clients better understand the impact of SPD on family dynamics, relationships, and the day-to-day demands of life with sensory processing differences.