Julia Bantimba
MS in occupational therapy
About
Julia earned her MS in occupational therapy at Boston University’s Sargent College and has been practicing as a licensed occupational therapist since 2013. Currently, Julia works for Seneca Family of Agencies as the trauma informed and healing centered services specialist for their non-public school programs and has a small private practice through which she provides training and reflective practice. Until recently she was the assistant director of Maya Angelou Academy and Building Blocks Preschool where she oversaw the therapeutic preschool program. In her current role Julia provides support to staff through modeling strategies and with students, reflective supervision and consultation, trainings to the multidisciplinary team of staff and consultation to administrative teams to ensure policies and procedures are culturally relevant, trauma informed and healing focused. Julia is also a faculty mentor in the UC-Davis Napa Infant Parent Mental Health Fellowship in Napa, CA for which she provides monthly reflective supervision to a group of fellows.
Prior to coming to Seneca, Julia worked for A Better Way, Inc. in Oakland, CA providing direct therapy for children birth through adolescence, who have extensive trauma and/or are involved in the child welfare system, and who have difficulty with sensory and emotional regulation. Julia’s consultation and trainings in the community focus on the ways in which early childhood trauma impacts the development and function of the sensory system, highlighting the ways in which providers of any discipline can utilize sensory-based strategies to promote regulation in their clients.
Julia is a certified Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics trainer, faculty mentor and presenter and graduate of the UC Davis-Napa Infant Parent Mental Health Fellowship and is trained in multiple therapeutic models. She has completed certification in: Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT Phase I and II) and the Neurosequential Model of Reflection, Attachment, Regulation and Competency Model (ARC), the Newborn Behavior Observation (NBO), Fussy Baby Level 1, NCAST Feeding Scale, and various Cultural Humility trainings including train-the-trainer. In 2020, Julia was awarded the Bruce Perry Spirit of the Child Award for her outstanding work on behalf of young children by the Parent-Infant Child Institute in Napa, CA. Though early childhood mental health and education is her passion, she can also be found on hiking trails around the Bay Area for solo hikes or day trips with her person and pup!
Julia earned her MS in occupational therapy at Boston University’s Sargent College and has been practicing as a licensed occupational therapist since 2013. Currently, Julia works as the trauma informed and healing centered services specialist for a group of non-public school programs and has a small private practice through which she provides training and reflective practice. She is also a faculty mentor in the UC-Davis Napa Infant Parent Mental Health Fellowship in Napa, CA for which she provides monthly reflective supervision to a group of fellows. Julia’s professional passion is bridging the gaps between disciplines, sharing the belief that all people who work with children and families are therapists and bring unique and essential work to their clients and students.
Julia earned her MS in occupational therapy at Boston University’s Sargent College and has been practicing as a licensed occupational therapist since 2013. Currently, Julia works for Seneca Family of Agencies as the trauma informed and healing centered services specialist for their non-public school programs and has a small private practice through which she provides training and reflective practice. Until recently she was the assistant director of Maya Angelou Academy and Building Blocks Preschool where she oversaw the therapeutic preschool program. In her current role Julia provides support to staff through modeling strategies and with students, reflective supervision and consultation, trainings to the multidisciplinary team of staff and consultation to administrative teams to ensure policies and procedures are culturally relevant, trauma informed and healing focused. Julia is also a faculty mentor in the UC-Davis Napa Infant Parent Mental Health Fellowship in Napa, CA for which she provides monthly reflective supervision to a group of fellows.
Prior to coming to Seneca, Julia worked for A Better Way, Inc. in Oakland, CA providing direct therapy for children birth through adolescence, who have extensive trauma and/or are involved in the child welfare system, and who have difficulty with sensory and emotional regulation. Julia’s consultation and trainings in the community focus on the ways in which early childhood trauma impacts the development and function of the sensory system, highlighting the ways in which providers of any discipline can utilize sensory-based strategies to promote regulation in their clients.
Julia is a certified Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics trainer, faculty mentor and presenter and graduate of the UC Davis-Napa Infant Parent Mental Health Fellowship and is trained in multiple therapeutic models. She has completed certification in: Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT Phase I and II) and the Neurosequential Model of Reflection, Attachment, Regulation and Competency Model (ARC), the Newborn Behavior Observation (NBO), Fussy Baby Level 1, NCAST Feeding Scale, and various Cultural Humility trainings including train-the-trainer. In 2020, Julia was awarded the Bruce Perry Spirit of the Child Award for her outstanding work on behalf of young children by the Parent-Infant Child Institute in Napa, CA. Though early childhood mental health and education is her passion, she can also be found on hiking trails around the Bay Area for solo hikes or day trips with her person and pup!
Julia earned her MS in occupational therapy at Boston University’s Sargent College and has been practicing as a licensed occupational therapist since 2013. Currently, Julia works as the trauma informed and healing centered services specialist for a group of non-public school programs and has a small private practice through which she provides training and reflective practice. She is also a faculty mentor in the UC-Davis Napa Infant Parent Mental Health Fellowship in Napa, CA for which she provides monthly reflective supervision to a group of fellows. Julia’s professional passion is bridging the gaps between disciplines, sharing the belief that all people who work with children and families are therapists and bring unique and essential work to their clients and students.