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Digital Seminar

The Neuroscience of Safety: Polyvagal Theory on Supporting Children Across All Diagnostic Categories

Faculty:
Mona M. Delahooke, PhD
Duration:
57 Minutes
Copyright:
Nov 05, 2021
Product Code:
POS058710
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Access:
Never expires.

Description

This session will help clinicians understand that the behaviours they frequently observe are the tip of the iceberg. The session will help participants go below the waterline to reveal the most important treatment goal for all individuals: the neuroception of safety as evidenced by physiological state regulation.

CPD

CPD
- PESI Australia, in collaboration with PESI in the USA, offers quality online continuing professional development events from the leaders in the field at a standard recognized by professional associations including psychology, social work, occupational therapy, alcohol and drug professionals, counselling and psychotherapy. On completion of the training, a Professional Development Certificate is issued after the individual has answered and submitted a quiz and course evaluation. This online program is worth 1 hours CPD for points calculation by your association.

Handouts

File type File name Number of pages
PDF Manual - The Neuroscience of Safety (1.9 MB) 22 Pages Available after Purchase
Text Document Transcript - The Neuroscience of Safety (37.9 KB) 19 Pages Available after Purchase

Faculty

Mona M. Delahooke, PhD's Profile

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Mona M. Delahooke, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who’s worked with multi-disciplinary teams for over 30 years. A senior faculty member of the Profectum Foundation, she’s the author of the national bestseller Brain-Body Parenting, How to Stop Managing Behaviors and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids, and the award-winning Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children’s Behavioral Challenges.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Mona Delahooke maintains a private practice and has employment relationships with the Los Angeles Department of Mental Health, the Profectum Foundation, and Villa Esperanza Services. She receives royalties as a published author. Dr. Delahooke receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Mona Delahooke is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Zero to Three Foundation, the Infant Development Association of California, and the Partnership for Awareness.

Objectives

  1. Apply the lens of the Polyvagal theory to distinguish the adaptive nature of behaviours in children diagnosed with and without DSM diagnoses.
  2. Differentiate between viewing and manipulating surface behaviours and addressing the upstream causes of behaviours across diagnostic categories of the DSM.
  3. Evaluate how the process of neuroception can be utilized as a guiding principle for treatment planning and treatment techniques.

Outline

  • Understanding Behaviours as adaptations of the autonomic nervous system: A paradigm shift
  • Case Study that illustrates the Problems with Targeting Surface Behaviours: Know the Problem in order to shift the strategies
  • The Neuroscience of Safety: How the PVT helps us “look inside” the nervous system. The guiding principle of neuroception and how it can help clinicians
  • Understanding Individual Differences and Tailoring our Support for Children and Families
  • The Developmental Iceberg: Categorizing Individual Differences in Tailoring Support for each child
  • Individual differences in sensory processing, and how the auditory system can trigger defence or receptivity. The difference between passive and active pathway interventions and the use of the Safe and Sound Protocol as an example of a passive pathway intervention that harnesses the neuroception of safety. 
  • Safety is Treatment and Treatment is Safety: Practical Tips
  • How the neuroscience of safety helps us plan treatment goals: Examples and principles of neural exercises and how they apply the ‘vagal brake’ to calm and promote resilience

Target Audience

  • Addiction Counselors
  • Counselors
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Social Workers
  • Other Mental Health Professionals

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