Avanti Educational Programs, Inc. hosts conferences and programs to promote understanding and treatment of Sensory Defensiveness and other sensory processing disorders. 

Clinical work over four decades and advances in basic neuroscience has resulted in a specific, multidimensional treatment approach for sensory defensiveness that has had a dramatic impact on many clients.  Avanti Educational Programs specializes in training therapists to treat and diagnose Sensory Defensiveness and other similar dysfunctions.

Patricia Wilbarger, MEd, OTR, FAOTA, developed  the Therapressure Program (also known as Wilbarger Deep Pressure and Proprioceptive Technique (DPPT)  out of over 30 years of experience developing and promoting sensory processing theories.