Dysregulation in Autism, Complex Developmental Disorders, and Trauma
Integrated Strategies for Assessment and Intervention Across Sensory, Behavioral, and Social-Emotional Domains
- Speaker:
- John Pagano, PhD, OTR/L
- Duration:
- Full Day
- Product Code:
- LWC151077
- Brochure Code:
- PWZ96853
- Media Type:
- Live Webinar
Description
- For the child you can’t stop thinking about and can’t seem to reach
- Break through severe dysregulation with integrated sensory, behavioral, and trauma-informed interventions
- Walk away with concrete strategies that work when traditional approaches don’t
You likely have a child on your caseload who seems to challenge every intervention you know – biting, screaming, shutting down, or storming out.
Most training programs don’t prepare clinicians for children whose dysregulation stems from overlapping sensory, trauma-related, cognitive, and neurological factors. Without an integrated framework, we improvise, escalate, and burn out – while these kids fall further behind.
In this six-hour training, John Pagano, PhD, OTR/L, draws on more than 30 years of experience across NICU, early intervention, school, group home, and psychiatric settings to provide a comprehensive approach to understanding and addressing severe dysregulation. Integrating behavioral science, sensory modulation, trauma-informed care, mindfulness, and therapeutic movement, Dr. Pagano offers practical tools for supporting children with complex needs across a variety of environments.
You’ll leave with strategies you can individualize across severity levels and settings, ready to use immediately:
- Differentiate sensory, trauma-based, and behavioral drivers of dysregulation
- Match intervention strategies to the nervous system’s actual state, not just the surface behavior
- Build individualized regulation plans across severity spectrum, from low to high support needs
- Apply techniques across settings, including individual sessions, classrooms, and group homes
- Use mindfulness and movement-based tools alongside traditional behavioral approaches
- Walk away with concrete strategies ready to implement Monday morning
Whether you’re working in schools, clinics, community programs, or residential settings, this training will help you confidently assess and respond to complex dysregulation. Register now to gain practical, evidence-informed strategies you can put into practice right away.
Credit
Speaker
John Pagano, PhD, OTR/L Related seminars and products
Pagano FAB Strategies, LLC
John Pagano, PhD, OTR/L, has a PhD in marriage & family therapy, MS in special education and BS in occupational therapy. As an occupational therapist, he has over 40 years of experience in treating children, adolescents and young adults with complex developmental and behavioral challenges and sensory integration problems in NICU, birth-to-three, sensory integration clinic, pre-school, school, group home, and adolescent psychiatric hospital settings.
Dr. Pagano is the owner of Pagano FAB Strategies, LLC, which provides proven approaches that simultaneously address inappropriate behavior as a part of therapy, teaching and parenting. He is the occupational therapist at an adolescent psychiatric hospital and school and is part-time faculty in occupational therapy at Quinnipiac University. Dr. Pagano integrates sensory processing, mindfulness, positive behavioral support strategies, and massage strategies to help youngsters with complex behavioral, mental health, developmental, intellectual and sensory processing challenges. He has certifications in neuro-developmental treatment, movement-based learning, QST massage for Autism, as well as being an instructor in positive behavioral support.
Dr. Pagano presents workshops internationally to occupational, speech-language, physical, and mental health therapists as well as educators on improving self-regulation in youth with complex behavioral, developmental, cognitive, and sensory processing challenges. He is the author of FAB Functionally Alert Behavior Strategies: Integrated Behavioral, Developmental, Sensory, Mindfulness & Massage Treatment (Pagano FAB Strategies, LLC).
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: John Pagano has an employment relationship with FAB Strategies, LLC. and Oak Hill Connecticut. He receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: John Pagano is a member of the American Occupational Therapy Association.
Additional Info
Access Period for Live WebcastYou will have access for 90 days after the program for review. For live CE credit, you must watch the live webcast in its entirety at its scheduled time and complete the CE quiz and evaluation within one week. Please note that this requirement may vary by credit type. Please see detailed credit information for specific requirements for each credit type.
Webcast Schedule
Please note: There will be a 70-minute lunch and two 15-minute breaks; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Lunch and break times will be announced by the speaker and at their discretion. A more detailed schedule is available upon request.
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Objectives
- Differentiate between sensory integration challenges and behavioral challenges that contribute to functional dysregulation.
- Evaluate sensory modulation, arousal levels, and environmental triggers to inform individualized intervention planning to promote overall health and wellbeing.
- Select trauma-informed strategies across school, outpatient, and medical settings to support regulation and engagement in daily activities.
- Use mindfulness, movement, and therapeutic activities to support self-regulation across developmental and functional levels.
- Integrate sensory, behavioral, and trauma-informed strategies to address sensory overload, self-injurious behavior, and other complex behavioral presentations.
- Develop individualized visual supports, home programs, and carryover strategies that promote consistency across settings and caregivers to improve function.
Outline
Understand the Students We’re Missing
- Overlap presentations of ASD, trauma, sensory differences, ID, and behavioral challenges
- Brain development and dysregulation
- Why traditional approaches fall short
- An integrated sensory, behavioral, trauma-informed, and movement-based framework
- Manage complex profiles and comorbidities
- Limitations of the research and potential risks
Assessment: Identifying the Drivers of Dysregulation
- Identify sensory, behavioral, emotional, and neurological contributors
- Preference assessments
- Assess client interests to develop engaging interventions
- Involve clients and family members in identifying triggers & coping strategies
- Goal writing and interdisciplinary communication
- Clinical case examples
Sensory Modulation Strategies
- Sensory diets and arousal regulation
- Environmental adaptations and prevention
- Manage sensory overload
- Calming strategies
- Sensory considerations in trauma
- Regulation supports embedded into daily activities
Behavioral and Trauma-Informed Interventions
- Early intervention and de-escalation
- Positive Behavioral Support, PRT, and FAB Turtle
- Antecedent and environmental modifications
- Strategies for aggression, self-injury, and compulsive behaviors
- Trauma-informed communication and relational safety
- AAC, visual supports, and assistive technology
Mindfulness, Movement, and Social-Emotional Supports
- Low tech strategies that promote engagement in meaningful activities
- Movement and the neuroscience of regulation
- Mindfulness across developmental levels
- Therapeutic movement, art, music, and play
- Yoga, movement breaks, and emotional regulation
- Social skills, inclusion, and bullying prevention
- Supports for depression, low arousal, and self-injury
Building Plans That Transfer Across Settings
- Combine sensory, behavioral, trauma-informed, and mindfulness approaches
- Visual supports and structured routines
- Home programs and carryover strategies
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Individual, group, and classroom applications
- Case study: create an integrated intervention plan
Target Audience
- Occupational Therapists
- Speech-Language Pathologists
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Psychiatrists
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- School Counselors
- Schol Social Workers
- School Psychologists
- Teachers
- Nurses
- School Administrators
- Educational Paraprofessionals
- Other Helping Professionals Who work with Children 3-21 Years of Age
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