#6: Karine Gagner - The Key to Innovation

In this episode of the Sensory Friendly Solutions Podcast our Host Matt George is chatting with the great Karine Gagner, President of FDMT.

Karine Gagner is the President of FDMT, a company specializing in high-quality educational materials and sensory tools.  She founded FDMT in 2002 and has grown it ever since.  It's goal: to offer a wide range of solutions for all children with or without learning difficulties in order to lead them towards academic success.  Her passion and motivation also come from the greatest project of her life: being the mother of a 17 year-old girl with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder).  Every day, she works not only for her daughter, but also for all the children and parents who live in different situations and who need a little help.

EPISODE GUIDE:
2:23 Karine's Introduction
3:26 Find out why Karine dug in even further 
6:40 FDMT's COVID-19 Response
8:56 Karine asks herself, " What is the essence of the business?"
11:18 How we all deal with anxiety
13:32 Our modern overload
16:32 The origin story of FDMT 
19:04 When Karine recognizes the impact of her business
21:58 The power of awareness
22:57 Why MANIMO has been such a success
25:27 Karine's journey with her daughter
30:54 Christel's reflections 
33:57 Christel's reflections on a really special young man
36:49 FDMT as leaders in the Sensory Friendly space
43:06 Innovation Segment 

Thanks for listening - Christel Seeberger and the Sensory Friendly Solutions Team.

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Podcast leadership is provided by Sensory Friendly Solutions Founder and occupational therapist Christel Seeberger.

This podcast is produced by Matt George. is engineered by the great Zachary Pelletier and is part of the Unsettled Media Podcast Network.

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