Sensory Modulation: Skills & Strategies to Cope with Distress – 22 July

Learn the theory of sensory modulation with practical strategies for application in a range of settings

Delivered by Joanne Lawless (Dip Arts, Psychology).

Effective sensory modulation is an effective intervention that is suitable in both clinical and community settings. It can help people feel calmer and less anxious and therefore reduces distress. This workshop introduces the theory of sensory modulation, and then expands into practical strategies that are useful in everyday life across a range of settings.

This training will explain:

  • How sensory modulation impacts self-regulation
  • The ways trauma impacts the brain and sensory modulation
  • The importance of sensory screening and how to do it
  • The relation between sensory, emotions, and cognition
  • The impact of sympathetic nervous system and “Hand model of the brain”
  • How to use sensory tools to create sensory modulation

When:  Tuesday 22 July, 9.00am – 3.30pm

Where: Online via Zoom

Cost: $450 per person including GST

Contact:  Nathalie – [email protected] / 021 066 9811

For more information and to register – please visit the website:

https://www.grow.co.nz/sensory-modulation/

FAQs

Q Workshop Aims

This training will cover:
1. How sensory modulation supports wellbeing
2. Specific top-down strategies for sensory modulation with consideration of a person’s cognition, executive functioning and emotions
3. Specific bottom-up strategies for sensory modulation including sensory screening and sensory diets.

Q Who Should Attend

This workshop is ideal for counsellors, social workers, key workers, support workers, and clinical and allied staff who meet with service users in distress or tense environments.

Sensory Modulation is also a very effective skill set for teachers / educators where it is becoming common practice for schools to put a sensory corner into a room as a safe place for a child to calm down within.

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