Oppositional Defiance or Faulty Neuroception

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Mona M. Delahooke, PhD Related seminars and products

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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.

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Objectives

1. Categorize specific behaviors as they relate to each of the three basic pathways of the autonomic nervous system (ANS).
2. Utilize neuroception-informed interventions, including physiological co-regulation and interpersonal engagement, to treat oppositional behavior. 
3. Appraise the efficacy of integrating the Polyvagal Theory into “behavior management” programs. 

Outline

Behavior Challenges:  Intentional Choice or Stress Response?

• What the Polyvagal Theory brings to the “behavior management” table
• The autonomic nervous system (ANS)
• Neuroception:  How children’s brains perceive safety and stress (and what that means for behavior)
• Is ODD a behavior disorder, or a nervous system looking for relational safety?

Clinical Strategies for Building Relational Safety and Security

• Getting started:  Matching a given behavior to corresponding ANS pathway
• Discerning between an intentional behavior and a stress response
• Co-regulation, warmth and interpersonal engagement
• How to reach the “unreachable” kids and teens
• What about behavior contracts and incentive plans?

Target Audience

• Counselors
• Social Workers
• Psychologists
• Psychotherapists
• Therapists
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Case Managers
• Speech Language Pathologists
• Occupational Therapists
• Nurses
• School Guidance Counselors
• School Social Workers
• School Psychologists
• School Administrators
• Teachers
• Special Education Teachers
• School-based Clinicians
• Educational Paraprofessionals
• Other Helping Professionals that work with children

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