Susan Tieche OT/L

Susan Tieche, BS, OT/L is a licensed occupational therapist with extensive experience across pediatric and adult populations. She holds degrees in Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh and Occupational Therapy from Thomas Jefferson University. Early in her career, she worked with adults in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and home health care, gaining experience in acute care, psychiatry, orthopedic rehab, and hand therapy.

Since 1999, Susan has specialized in pediatric occupational therapy, founding her private practice at ITS for Children and Families, Inc. in 2002. There, she collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to support school-aged children in sensory-motor development, visual-vestibular and auditory processing, attention, and self-regulation. She is SIPT certified and trained in Therapeutic Listening, iLs, The Listening Program, Interactive Metronome, and visual processing strategies.

In 2012, Susan became a Cranial-Sacral Therapist, integrating Dynamic Body Balancing, mindfulness, and trauma-informed techniques to treat individuals of all ages, including pregnant women and infants. Her holistic approach supports physical alignment, emotional regulation, and academic readiness through bodywork and sensory integration.

Susan is currently teaching the 100-Hour Dynamic Body Balancing Series in Silver Spring, MD.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

1994: B.A. University of Pittsburgh -- Psychology

1997: B.S. Thomas Jefferson University -- Occupational Therapy

Clinical Experience

2002-Present: Occupational Therapist Private Practice in Silver Spring, MD

1997-2004: Staff Occupational Therapist in Washington D.C.

1998-2002: Staff Occupational Therapist in Bethesda, MD

Certifications/Courses

Polyvagal Informed Therapy Master Class with Deb Dana, LCSW: with Special Guest Stephen Porges, PhD, 2021
Remote Facilitation of Safe and Sound Protocol, 2021
Foundations of the Safe and Sound Protocol, 2020
Overcoming Disabling Thoughts: Special Focus: Applying Positive Psychology by Jaime Kurtz, PhD, 2020
Mightier for Emotional Regulation, Erina White, PhD, MSW, MPH, LICSW, 2019
Interactive Metronome Certification, 2018 and 2017
Interactive Metronome for Pediatrics and Adults, 2018
MNRI Dynamic and Postural Reflex Pattern Integration, Svetlana Masgutova Educational Institute, 2017
Spices as Natural Medicine by Merrily Kuhn, CCRN, PhD, ND, 2016
Defiant, Aggressive and Misbehaving Kids by Michael Bloomquist, PhD, 2015
50 Mindfulness Techniques for Children and Teens, 2015
Late, Lost, and Unprepared: Executive Dysfunction and the Disorganized Child/Adolescent by Laurie C. Dietzel, PhD, 2014
Non-Medication Treatments for ADHD: ADHD and the "immature" Brain by Stephanie A. Sarkis, PhD, NCC, LMHC, 2014
Peter Levine PhD on Trauma: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness, 2014
Eyesight to Insight: Visual/Vestibular Assessment and Treatment (Mary Kawar, OTR/L and Stan Applebaum, O.D. 2003) and Mary Kawar, OTR/L and Carl Hillier, O.D., 2012
Beyond Eyesight to Insight: The Advanced Course with mary Kawar, OTR/L and Carl Hillier, OD, 2011
Shoden, Reiki First Degree, 2011
Integrated Listening Systems Practitioner Training Course, Kate O'Brien-Minson, 2010 and 2011
From Primitive Reflexes to Occupational Performance by Mary Kawar, MS, OTR/L, 2011
The International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre: Yoga for the Special Child, LLC by Sona Sumar. Teacher Training Certification Course, 2010
Helping Children with Auditory Processing Disorders, Jay Lucker, Ed. D, CCC-A/SLP, FAAA, 2009
Who's Running the Show?- Executive Dysfunction and How to Help the Disorganized Child by Laurie Dietzel, PhD, 2009
The Listening Program Provider Certification Course by Advanced Brain Technologies, 2009
Advanced Brain Technologies Provider Training, 2009
Integrated Listening Systems, Practitioner Distance Training Course, Kate O'Brien-Minson, 2009
Linda Mood Bell, On Cloud Nine Math, 2008
Listening with the Whole Body by Sharon Donnelly, MS, OTR, 2007
Modulation and Posture: CNS Mysteries and Treatment Possibilities by Patricia Oetter, MA, OTR/L, FAOTA and Steven Cool, PhD, FAAO, 2007
Vestibular Habilitation from the Core (Astronaut Protocol), by Shelia Frick OTR and Mary Kawar, MS, OTR, 2006
Understanding and Managing Visual Deficits: Theory, Screening Procedures, Intervention Techniques by Mitchell Scheiman, O.D., FCOVD, 2005
The Anxious child and Adolescent by Golda Ginsburg, PhD, Daniel Pine, M.D., John Walkup, M.D., 2005
Samonas Auditory Training , Sheila Frick OTR, 2004
Listening with the Whole Body, Sheila Frick, OTR and Eileen Hamele, MS/CCC-SLP, 2003
Introduction to Hand Therapy, Ernie Michaud, OTR/L, C.H.T, 2002
From Interpretation to Intervention, Susanne Smith Roley, MS, OTR and Western Psychological Services, 2002
The Sensory Integration Perspective, Susanne Smith Roley, MS, OTR and Western Psychological Services, 2001
Specialized Techniques for Measuring Sensory Integration, Susanne Smith Roley, MS, OTR and Western Psychological Services, 2001
Treatment of Awareness, Memory and Executive Impairments-The Multicontext Approach by Joan Toglia, MA, OTR, 2001
Getting Results Faster when Managing the Hemiplegic Upper Extremity from and NDT Perspective, Cathy Runyan OTR, 2000
Integrated Approach to Stroke Rehabilitation, 2000
Introduction to NDT: Achieving Functional Outcomes for Adults with Hemiplegia using the Principles of NDT, Cathy Runyan OTR, 1999

Dynamic Body Balancing

Susan Tieche OT/L

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Clinical Experience

Certifications/Courses

Susan's 2025 Classes

Level III

Silver Spring, MD

Level IV

Silver Spring, MD

Level V

Silver Spring, MD

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