Self-Regulation: Strategies & Interventions for Children

Description

This seminar begins with a review of neurobiological processes involved in the development of self-regulation. Further, participants will learn how to communicate knowledge of the brain and its role in self-regulation to parents and children in ways that are more easily grasped and help them to understand the purpose of various interventions. Participants will also learn about the vital role parents/caregivers, clinicians and teachers play in co-regulation. Finally, this seminar includes introduction of over 15 practical, age-appropriate (including play-based) interventions that can be used in therapy sessions or in the classroom to help promote development of self-regulation in children and teens.

Objectives:

a). State the areas of the brain which are involved in processes affecting self-regulation.

b). Name at least 3 possible causes for dysregulation in children and teens and corresponding treatment implications, including the importance of co-regulation.

c). Learn and practice at least 3 strategies to promote self-regulation for infants and toddlers.

d). Learn and practice at least 5 strategies to promote self-regulation in preschool age children.

e). Learn and practice at least 5 strategies to promote self-regulation in elementary age children.

f). Learn and practice at least 3 strategies to promote self-regulation in adolescents and teens.

Instructional Level: Intermediate

Instructor(s): Katrina Jones, MS, LCMFT, RPT

Material Author(s): Katrina Jones, MS, LCMFT, RPT

Katrina Jones is a Licensed Clinical Marriage & Family Therapist and Registered Play Therapist. She owns a private practice, Hope for Healing, LLC, in Beloit, Kansas, providing therapy to clients throughout rural North Central Kansas. As a play therapist, Katrina uses self-regulation interventions in her work with young clients almost every day who present with a variety of issues including trauma, anxiety, reactive-attachment and challenges in family systems. She believes strongly in the power of the therapist’s own self-regulation in the therapy room as the basis for this work. In addition to her specialization in play therapy, Katrina is also trained in EMDR. Katrina serves on several steering committee’s and advisory boards in her community, and is currently the secretary for the Kansas Association for Play Therapy Board.

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