Attachment & Self-Regulation

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Kathee Cammisa, MHE, OTR/L Related seminars and products

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Kathryne (Kathee) Cammisa, MHE, OTR/L, is an SI/NDT certified occupational therapist, American Council on Exercise certified personal trainer, Pranakriya certified yoga therapist, Radiant Child/Family 200 hour certified yoga teacher and Mindful Schools certified mindfulness teacher. Kathee has over 25 years of experience working with children with special needs in home, school, child care and clinic settings. She works with children and their families through her private practice and at Children’s Place, a therapeutic child care center. Kathee has extensive teaching experience throughout the country, with Georgia State’s Project SCEIS, and the Medical College of Georgia where she served as assistant professor of occupational therapy. She has been published by the American Journal of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Therapy in Mental and has taken yoga and occupational therapy to children in China, Vietnam, Costa Rica and Ghana.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Kathee Cammisa has employment relationships with Children’s Place Therapeutic Child Care Center, Ot4kidz, Fitness That Fits, and Radiant Child Yoga. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Kathee Cammisa has no relevant non-financial relationships.

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Objectives

1. Articulate how attachment style impacts children’s self-regulation and its effect on behavior and learning.
2. Communicate the neurophysiological and social impact of anxiety and stress in children.
3. Implement customized strategies that sustain self-regulation in children of a variety of ages/abilities.
4. Demonstrate techniques that calm the nervous system in children such as alternate muscle contraction and progressive muscle relaxation.
5. Design interventions including social stories, video modeling, mindfulness, visualization and affirmation techniques to promote positive behavior in children.
6. Create and implement programs to deal with a variety of challenging behaviors in children including tantrums, sensory issues and sleep and elimination problems.
7. Integrate behavior modification techniques to reduce challenging behaviors in children.

Outline

The Neurobiology of Regulation

• Attachment & How Relationships Impact the Brain 
• Mirror Neurons
  • Therapeutic implications & techniques
• Oxytocin
  • Therapeutic implications & techniques
• Attachment styles & their impact on behavior
• Attachment & attunement to support & empower therapeutic relationships
• Therapeutic use of self with difficult kids

Effects of Anxiety & Stress on Self-Regulation

• Stress response patterns as survival strategies
• Consequences of stress on mental & physical functioning
• Anxiety & brain research
• Moving from fight, flight, freeze to rest & digest for better learning
• Quick stress busters for kids

Strategies to Support & Sustain Self-Regulation

• Developmental sequence of self regulation
• Strategies for each stage 
• Scaffolding: moving kids from where they are to the next level

Calming the Nervous System

• Techniques for infants to young adults
• Quick relaxation breaks
• Formal relaxation strategies
• Stress reduction lab: practices for lower to higher functioning individuals

Empower & Motivate Kids for Emotional Independence

• Game-Changing Interventions for Positive Behavior from the Inside Out
  • Mindfulness
  • Social stories
  • Video modeling
  • Visualization
  • Affirmations
  • Building confidence
  • Developing autonomy & intrinsic motivation

Techniques to Deal with Difficult Behaviors

• Minimize or Eliminate: 
  • Tantrums
  • Elimination problems
  • Troubling sleep patterns  
  • Eating issues 
  • Transitions  
  • Sensory issues

Utilizing Behavior Modification Techniques for Effective Interventions

• Positive discipline 
• Alternatives to punishment
• Gradual exposure to broaden tolerance
• Self management to empower kids

Self-Regulation Problem Solving Lab

• Case studies to link what we have learned to your caseload

Target Audience

• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Speech-Language Pathologists
• Special Education Teachers
• General Education Teachers
• School Administrators
• Educational Paraprofessionals
• Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapy Assistants
• Counselors
• Social Workers
• Psychologists
• School Psychologists
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Case Managers
• Nurse
• Other Helping Professionals who Work with Children ages 0-21

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