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Jean Ayres Trust Endorses USC/WPS Sensory Integration Praxis Test Certification

The Franklin B. Baker/A. Jean Ayres Baker Trust, today announced that it has granted the University of Southern California and Western Psychological Services the right to use the Ayres name to promote its Comprehensive Program in Sensory Integration. The USC/WPS Sensory Integration and Sensory Integration and Praxis Test (SIPT) certification program is the only provider to have received the Baker/Ayres Trust endorsement.

SANTA ROSA, CA (PRWEB) June 8, 2004 -– Brian Erwin, successor trustee of the Franklin B. Baker/A. Jean Ayres Baker Trust, today announced that the Baker/Ayres Trust has granted the University of Southern California and Western Psychological Services the right to use the Ayres name to promote its Comprehensive Program in Sensory Integration. The USC/WPS Sensory Integration and Sensory Integration and Praxis Test (SIPT) certification program is the only provider to have received the Baker/Ayres Trust endorsement.

"The Comprehensive Program in Sensory Integration offered by USC/WPS is the only Sensory Integration Praxis Test certification process that maintains and promotes the research and training integrity and business standards espoused by the late A. Jean Ayres," said Baker/Ayres successor trustee Brian Erwin. "Those practitioners seeking to become SIPT certified are guaranteed that what they learn emanates directly from A. Jean Ayres's theory of sensory integration and her philosophy and intention for its application in practice."

Erwin added, "Other SIPT certification providers who use the Ayres name to promote their courses do so without our endorsement and are in violation of A. Jean Ayres’s trademark."

"We are honored that our program received this endorsement," said Susanne Smith Roley, M.S., OTR/L, project director of the USC/WPS courses. "It is especially meaningful to us as so many of our instructors aided Dr. Ayres in her primary SIPT research. We believe that the training our attendees receive is a powerful means for expanding understanding of her theory of sensory integration and how to apply it in practice."

The Franklin B. Baker/A. Jean Ayres Baker Trust is a private family trust located in Santa Rosa, California. For more information about the USC/WPS SIPT courses visit Western Psychological Services' Web page at:

http://www.wpspublish.com/Inetpub4/w0903.htm

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Source :  http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/6/prweb131367.htm