Allison Eustace, OT(R)NL, is a registered occupational therapist with over 15 years of experience supporting children, youth, and families across healthcare, community, educational, and alternate care settings. She holds a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy from Dalhousie University and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Memorial University, providing a strong foundation in clinical practice and a holistic bio‑psycho‑social understanding of mental health, attachment, and development. Allison specializes in pediatric and youth mental health, developmental trauma, and neurodevelopmental differences, with extensive experience supporting functional participation across daycare, school, home, and community environments. Her clinical expertise includes addressing learning needs; written output and handwriting challenges; motor coordination; visual‑motor integration; executive functioning; eating challenges; and sensory processing differences that impact participation in early learning settings and academic environments. She works closely with families, early childhood educators, and school teams to support regulation, attention, classroom engagement, and access to learning through practical, strengths‑based strategies and accommodations. A core component of Allison’s practice includes assessment and intervention for children and youth involved in alternate care systems. She conducts functional assessments related to independent living skills for youth transitioning out of care, focusing on daily living tasks, emotional regulation, executive functioning, community participation, and readiness for independence. Her work supports youth in building the practical skills, routines, and self‑advocacy needed for successful transitions into adulthood. Allison’s professional experience spans outpatient pediatric services, community‑based private practice, daycare consultation, and her current role supporting children and youth in alternate care. Her practice is grounded in trauma‑ and violence‑informed, neuro‑affirming, and evidence‑based approaches, integrating sensory processing frameworks, attachment theory, and mental health interventions to support functional participation and wellbeing. She has completed extensive advanced training in trauma‑informed care, dialectical behavior therapy, sensory‑informed and sound‑based interventions, feeding and eating concerns, and complex child and youth mental health. Allison is committed to advocacy, interdisciplinary collaboration, and ethical practice. She is deeply dedicated to improving quality of life for children and youth by enabling meaningful participation in the everyday occupations that matter most—at daycare, at school, at home, and in the community.