What is Regulation?
Regulation is a word commonly used to describe how a person manages their stress, energy and emotional responses throughout the day.
It involves many processes in the brain and body that allow us to change our energy levels and respond appropriately to any given situation faced in day to day life.
Whether this is winding our body and mind down for sleep, perking our energy and body up for running hard to first base or sitting down and switching attention on the teachers instructions.
Our ability to regulate ourselves, that is self regulate, is a vital skills required to develop and achieve our potential: reaching our goals, maintaining positive friendships, learning and feeling well.
If you want to support children to reach their potential, this introductory online course, called Reg 101, is for you.
What to expect from Regulation 101 Online Course?
It is an online, self paced 6 hour course developed and delivered by our very own passionate and experienced Occupational Therapist Cory Dundon.
Cory is a dynamic and engaging presenter, has extensive experience working with children who experience difficulties with regulation as well as years of experience facilitating parents and educators building their understanding and skills to support the kids in their care.
Course Details
In this 3 part online course, you will gain an understanding of regulation and how it develops from co regulation to self regulation, the various states of regulation and oodles of practical strategies you can use to support children to move from one state to another.
Level: Fundamental/Intermediate
Location: 6 hour Online – Interactive Lecture Series
Course Details
Who should attend? Everyone! Especially parents, childhood educators, teachers, student learning support officers, new graduate occupational therapists, speech/language pathologists, physical therapists, psychologists, physicians, social workers, mental health therapists, human services professionals, and teachers aids.
Many Pre Schools, Day Care Centres and Schools have purchased the program for their entire staff. The feedback is fabulous!
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
Recognise the different states of regulation.
Understand the brain’s responses to safety/threat and how this impacts on behaviour.
Apply basic strategies to support regulation in children
PART 1: WHAT IS REGULATION?
Three Hour Online Content Covering:
1. What is regulation?
2. Introduction to Polyvagal Theory and “Optimal level of arousal”
3. Typical development of regulation
PART 2 & 3: CONTEXT & STRATEGIES
Three Hour Online Content Covering:
1. Co-Regulation
2. Sensory Processing and Regulation
3. Supporting Regulation through the Environment
4. Ideas for working with ‘wired’ or ‘aggressive’ children.
5. Case examples to demonstrate use of various practical strategies
6. PLAY and Regulation
