Pediatric Bilingual-Learner Primer For Therapists

Tara Konradi, OTD, OTR/L

Tara Konradi, OTD, OTR/L is an occupational therapist with over 18 years of diverse clinical experience across pediatric, school-based, telehealth, international, and leadership settings. She earned her Doctorate in Occupational Therapy from Creighton University in 2007 and has worked in bilingual and multicultural environments throughout her career. Tara is bilingual in English and Spanish, with conversational French and Mandarin, and currently raises her three children in a multilingual household in Barcelona, where English, French, Castellano, and Catalan are part of daily life. Her family also lived in Taiwan for five years, where her older children acquired Mandarin. She has provided bilingual therapy services in the United States, Europe, and international school settings, and brings a culturally responsive, family-centered perspective to her clinical work and education. Tara is the founder of TaraPedOT and continues to provide pediatric occupational therapy services and consultation through telehealth and international practice.