Trauma Informed Approach to Sensory Processing Disorder and Arousal Regulation

Audience: Pediatric OT and PT
SLP welcome to attend.   
Course level: Introductory
Date: Saturday-Sunday, October 29th and 30th, 2022
Check in: Saturday: 8-8:30 am
Course time: Saturday and Sunday: 8:30-4:30 PM
Location: Maplewood Professional Building/M Health Fairview St. John’s Hospital Campus
1655 Beam Avenue, Bldg., Maplewood, MN 55109
Floor 2: Held in Watson conference rooms
Contact Hours: 13.0
Course fee: $420

 ***Registration includes a Gertie Ball, a Power Up Ball, and a Pinky Ball. 

PT/PTA: Course will be submitted to the MN Board of PT for approved credits.  (submitting credits through the MN Board of PT does not guarantee full credits will be approved by the board)
OT/OTA: You will receive a certificate of course completion with total CE contact hours. 
M HEALTH Fairview is no longer an approved provider through AOTA. For additional information about CE requirements for license, please see MN Statute 148.6443: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/148.6443
MN statutes 143.6443, subdivision SUBD.2 “Standards for determining the qualified education activities” will continue to be utilized in determining appropriate OT related CE courses.
SLP: Will receive a certificate of completion. Course will not be registered through ASHA
 
Course Summary
Therapists and other professionals who work with individuals with sensory and developmental disorders (e.g. autism spectrum, attention deficit, learning disabilities) often encounter clients with difficulties related to developmental trauma. Traumatic events may be overt, such as early loss of a primary caregiver; sexual, physical, or emotional abuse; or domestic, community and school violence. Trauma may also be innocent, such as early hospitalization and necessary lifesaving medical procedures in the neonatal intensive care unit. Exposure to adverse life experiences has been shown to increase the likelihood of social, emotional and developmental delays. Furthermore, children with developmental delays have a higher risk of being subjected to experiences involving physical, emotional, and sexual abuse.
 
There is a growing understanding and accompanying clinical practice that addresses the connection between sensory processing dysfunction and trauma. When an individual cannot adequately process sensory information or traumatic experiences, the body’s natural defense mechanisms become heightened, further impacting sensory processing disorder.
 
This two-day, hands-on course will explore, from a trauma-informed perspective, the connections between sensory processing and sensory integrative difficulties. We will also provide a brief introduction to the tension reducing technique, known as TRE®, as a means of demonstrating how the body retains stress in core muscular tension patterns. This course will investigate the hardwired action systems that underlie sensory modulation, arousal, affect regulation, and play. A clinical reasoning model for tracking dynamic shifts in state and levels of integration will be presented. Interactive hands-on labs, video and case presentations will bring key concepts and treatment strategies to life in this theoretically based, yet practical course.
Items to bring to course:
Yoga mat/towel and gym ball (appropriately sized allowing to sit at 90/90) for interactive labs.
 
Speaker(s)
Sheila M. Frick, OTR/L is an internationally esteemed clinician, lecturer, and pioneer in Occupational Therapy. She has over 20 years of clinical experience, having worked in psychiatry, rehabilitation, and home health before specializing in pediatrics. Her expertise includes sensory processing dysfunction, sensory integration, and auditory interventions. She created and continues to expand Therapeutic Listening, which she has taught to over 10,000 therapists worldwide. She also lectures on such topics as clinical neurology, respiration, the vestibular/auditory system, and various auditory interventions. She is the creator and author of Listening With the Whole Body, and co-author of Core Concepts in Action, Astronaut Training, and Out of the Mouths of Babes.
Disclosure:
Financial - president of Therapeutic Resources, Inc. of which Vital Links is a subsidiary.
Non-financial - married to Ronald Frick, president of Vital Sounds, Inc.
Disclaimer:

Some of the music selections (Quickshifts) and therapy balls that are used in the Regulation and Trauma course are developed & sold only by Vital Sounds, Inc. This presentation will focus exclusively on Quickshifts & will not include detailed information on other binaural beat technology. Vital Sounds is a sister company of Vital links.

Objectives:

By the completion of the course, participants will be able to:
  • Recognize when patterns of defense are interfering with function and daily life
  • Employ three body-based strategies to decrease tension patterns and regulate arousal
  • Design three play-based strategies that support regulation and arousal, affect and social engagement

Agenda:

Day One: Saturday, October 29, 2022

8:00AM-8:30AM:  Check in Period

8:30AM-10:00AM: Sensory Processing and Developmental Trauma

10:00AM-10:15AM: Short Break

10:15AM-12:00PM:  Attachment, Attunement and Sensory Processing

12:00PM-1:000PM:  Lunch Break

1:00PM-2:30PM: Neurodevelopmental Roots of Defense

2:30PM-2:45PM: Short Break

2:45PM-4:30PM: Brief Introduction to TRE® and Lab

Day Two: Sunday, October 30, 2022

8:00AM-8:30 AM: Check in Period

8:30AM-10:00AM: Developmental Movement Patterns and Regulation

10:00AM-10:15AM: Short Break

10:15AM-12:00PM: Integration of Core Defensive Patterns

12:00PM-1:00PM: Lunch Break ( On your Own)

1:00PM-2:30PM: The Neurology of Primary Play

2:30PM-2:45PM: Short Break

2:45PM-4:30PM: Primary Play into Practice: Play Labs

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