Susan Schenk - Author, Speaker and Occupational Therapist

Hello - where should I start to introduce myself?

Here’s a quick recap:

I’m a mom to 3 awesome kids.

I’ve worked as an Occupational Therapist for 20+ years, many of those in the school setting.

I stepped into the world of becoming an author and speaker to give a voice to those with learning differences such as myself.

Mom:

When you become a Mom, nothing can prepare you for the new world you are about to take on. The Mom world taps into parts of you, you never thought you had and somehow pushes you into the future, then into the past and quickly makes you focus on the present moment.  I have grown more as a Mom, than in any other role in my life.  It was this role that made me walk out of my denial and shame about my learning and write my book Beyond Ok from Invisible to Invincible.  And through my story, I want to support parents so they can help maintain their child's self-esteem and allow them to see their learning abilities. Mom's (and Dad's) have a powerful role to play when it comes to empowering their child.  I know we don't always feel powerful but we can do it with the support of others.  

Occupational Therapist:

I worked as an Occupational Therapist in the school setting for 20 years.  I watched and I learned -- I looked at skills and how a child’s learning was viewed and what seemed to be missing when it came to supporting kids that were learning differently.  I had the passion to created change in this part of the learning world and so from my own learning and professional experiences, my business was born! I stepped out to help parents support their children in a new way so they could see their learning abilities.  I then started to support other Occupational Therapists with my various online courses to allow them to tap into the power of technology when it came to developing skills, From my story came the Shift Your Thinking Charity.

Learning difference:

I have a learning difference, as I like to call it and honestly, I denied it for most of my life. I didn’t intentionally deny my way of learning it is just what happened when dealing with shame for a very long time.

If you want to hear more about this journey you can watch my video when I shared my story for the very. first. time. —- and yes it was on a big stage in front of others. What was I thinking?? I guess I was thinking…it was time. Time to have a voice since I had worked through the denial as I wrote out my story. A story I wasn’t going to share but ended up creating a book so others would know the inside story when it came to learning differences.

It’s time to make GREAT THINGS HAPPEN in the world of learning differences. Remove the shame and limitations and replace them with hope and abilities!!
— Susan Schenk

My book, Beyond Ok from Invisible to Invincible reviews each part of my learning difference journey — from a child to a parent and an Occupational Therapist working in the school setting.