Effective Strategies for Providing Self-Regulation and Emotional Safety

The spread of the corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was an unprecedented event that rapidly introduced widespread feelings of threat and loss of connection inschool-aged children. Feeling unsafe brings out our protective stress response - we either fight, escape, or shutdown. There is a critical need for behavioral supports to be implemented across all students (especially students withspecial needs with behavioral concerns) since the pandemic. The need to understand how we can make our students feel safe, connected, and curious has never been more critical.

The focus of this course is on identifying, reducing, andeliminating toxic stress patterns in children and caregivers, improving relationships, and using a neurodevelopmental lensto inform, discipline, and treat. Learn how co-regulation, neuroception, and autonomic states impact our behavior and the behavior of people around us. This course offers educational professionals an awareness of anytime-anywhere behavioral supports that can be used in real time when they most need it using technology that is easily accessible to them.

Highlights

• Effective strategies to connect with your student in ways which make them feel safe
• Neuroception and its impact on therapist-child connection and the ability to learn new skills
• Addressing impulse control, attentional control, communication expectations, and decision making skills whilehelping them learn the ABC's (Agility, Balance andCoordination) of movement skills
• Speaker led self-regulation and sensory motor activities to provide experiential learning
• Integrate learning to your PT/OT/SLP/classroom sessions to help them maximize their school experience

Target Audience: Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Speech-Language Pathologists