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Sensorimotor Approach to Arousal Regulation and Developmental Trauma – Chicago
October 11, 2019
| usd $175Special Discounts Available!
ILAIMH Members = $140 & Students = $50
There is a growing understanding and accompanying clinical practice that addresses the connection between sensorimotor integration dysfunction and trauma. When an individual cannot adequately process and integrate sensory information and/or traumatic experiences, the body’s arousal and self-regulatory mechanisms become altered thus impacting our ability to adequately cope with seemingly harmless day-to-day stressors.
This workshop will explore the connections between trauma, sensory integrative difficulties, arousal, affect, and self-regulation. Participants will learn how sound and movement are critical in the development of body based, perceptual-motor, and social-emotional foundations for feeling safe in the world and in relationship to another. Treatment labs will explore the basics of auditory and vestibular/somatosensory processing, and their relationship to arousal, attachment, self-regulation, and learning. Video and case presentations will bring key concepts and treatment strategies to life in this theoretically based, yet practical course.
This course is sponsored by Illinois Association for Infant Mental Health and all registrations are managed through their organization. You may register by completing and submitting the Enrollment Form to ILAIMH. Vital Links does not manage registrations for this course. To contact ILAIMH directly Click Here.
Location
UIC Forum
725 W. Roosevelt Road
Chicago, IL 60608
Schedule
Friday, October 11, 2019, 8:00am – 4:30pm Central Daylight Time
Level
Introductory
Instructors
Sheila M. Frick; OTR/L
Tracy Bjorling; M.S., OTR/L
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Identify the relationship between the inner ear, arousal, and affect regulation.
- Understand the importance of the auditory and vestibular systems in the development of orientation in time and space, necessary for feeling safe in one’s body and relating to others.
- Recognize when patterns of defense are interfering with function and daily life.
- Gain three body-based strategies to decrease tension patterns and regulate arousal.
This course is sponsored by Illinois Association for Infant Mental Health and all registrations are managed through their organization. You may register by completing and submitting the Enrollment Form to ILAIMH. Vital Links does not manage registrations for this course. To contact ILAIMH directly Click Here.
For additional information, call (312) 893-7175 (IL Assoc. for Infant MH)