Chantelle Fehlandt

Experience

Chantelle Fehlandt, OTR/L, is a pediatric occupational therapist with 11 years of experience in early intervention and school-based practice. She is a ConTiGO Certified Nature-Based Pediatric Therapist and the founder of Branch Outdoors LLC, an inclusive outdoor education platform training park staff, naturalists, and early childhood educators to support children with disabilities in nature-based settings. For five years, Chantelle has led an inclusive outdoor playgroup at Patrick Eagan Park serving children with developmental, sensory, and cognitive disabilities — approximately half of whom use AAC or other assistive technology. Her work sits at the intersection of occupational therapy, assistive technology, and the natural world, with a focus on building practitioner capacity to make outdoor environments genuinely accessible. She holds a subgrant through Dakota County to deliver inclusive naturalist and sensory training across Minnesota.